peer education

Published in 2010 by the UNESCO office in Jakarta, Indonesia, this poetry book was realized with funds from UNAIDS under the framework of EDUCAIDS, the UNESCO led Global Initiative on Education and HIV & AIDS, which seeks to promote, develop and support comprehensive education sector responses to HIV and AIDS. It is a compilation of 100 poems produced in the national language, Bahasa Indonesia, by students and youth who participated in the poetry design and writing competition sponsored by UNESCO in collaboration with Indonesia National Commission for UNESCO. Up to 700 youth from the formal education sector (secondary schools, including UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network) and non-formal education sector (Local Community Learning Centers or Pusat Kegiatan Belajar Masyarakat PKBM) were invited to participate in the competition. *There is no English translation for the attached book*

"In My Life" is an edited volume of writing by 14 young people from several township schools in the Western Cape, South Africa, on the subject of HIV/AIDS in their everyday lives. It was published in 2003 by the Centre for the Book (South Africa) and McGill University (Canada). "In My Life" investigates how HIV and AIDS plays out in the lives of the youth participants, in their homes and their communities. It is striking in the finished work to see the enthusiasm and the dedication of the youth to come up with new and inventive ways to tackle the AIDS pandemic and to keep 'getting the word out' in their communities, schools and peer groups. This book is part of that ongoing dedication, and will hopefully serve to inspire and raise awareness in other youth.