UNICEF

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This radio piece produced by Nikita Jain, a youth radio producer in India, received an honourable mention in the 2006 UNICEF/OneWorld Radio Contest for the best feature radio program produced by youth that reflected the 2006 theme: "UNITE FOR CHILDREN. UNITE AGAINST AIDS."

The piece takes the unusual perspective of a baby in the womb of her HIV positive mother.

(info taken from the UNICEF press release)

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This four-minute piece was created by youth radio producer Jose Yesani from Zambia and won the 2006 UNICEF/OneWorld Radio Prize for the best feature radio program produced by youth that reflected the 2006 theme: "UNITE FOR CHILDREN. UNITE AGAINST AIDS."

The piece tells the story of a young man discovering he's HIV positive. Yesani uses an animated monologue over a driving soundtrack to relay this man's feelings on learning his diagnosis is not the end of his life.

(info taken from the UNICEF press release)

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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.