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'Tree of Hope' created at AIDS camp in Rwanda

Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 09:58
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This drawing/cut-out was created in Rwanda at one of a series of AIDS camps for AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children. These camps are organized by U.S.-based group CHF International.

With help from local organizations and Peace Corps volunteers, camp participants get tested for HIV, receive health education, and also work on a personal plan for their future (which involves illustrating life goals through 'Trees of Hope').

AIDS mural in Kyrgyzstan

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 00:00
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This 3-story mural was painted by locals (children, youth, and adults working together) with the help of Peace Corps volunteer, Theo Davis, as part of the Osh Mural Arts Program in Kyrgyzstan. The words painted on the right of the mural translate to "Life is wonderful."

Watch a music video showing the mural in progress

Chinyanta Chimba on HIV prevention and behaviour change (Zambia)

Submitted by John on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 16:06
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There has been a massive ongoing effort across Zambia to educate young people about HIV prevention. In 2008, 19-year-old Chinyanta Chimba participated in this effort by recording interviews with her friends, along with her own observations, for the Digital Diaries project of Voices of Youth (UNICEF’s online community for young people) and UNICEF Radio.

Workshop at a middle school in the Bronx (New York City, USA)

Submitted by John on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 13:39
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As part of the Keep A Child Alive Student AIDS Summit in November 2008, youth participants took on the role of youth leaders and ran workshops with children and youth at various middle schools in the Bronx (New York City, USA).

Underreported: AIDS and Youth (New York radio show)

Submitted by John on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 15:57
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Kimberly Canady and Elias Perez – two HIV-positive Brooklyn teens – talk about their 2006 trip to Ethiopia as UNICEF youth activists. Hundreds of thousands of children have been orphaned by AIDS in Ethiopia, and many are living with the disease themselves. Jennifer Irwin of the Health and Education Alternatives for Teens (HEAT) Program, the only Brooklyn-based comprehensive care program for HIV-infected and at-risk youth aged 13 to 24, joins them to talk about the toll AIDS takes on children.

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