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Bridges to the World 2005 Summer Tour
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Bridges to the World 2005 Summer Tour
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It's difficult to describe a four hour program in a few web pages. But, we think these are some of the more important things presented at the fair that helped to spread a message of hope, good information about AIDS that stressed condoms & abstinence, as well as breaking down barriers of community stigmatism regarding AIDS. |
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Noxolo receives a Microfinance for Youth t-shirt for having a perfect payment record of her MFY student loan. | ||
| Shahala is a
motivational speaker for the "Love Life" campaign - sponsored by the Gates
Foundation. She typically speaks to small groups at high schools regarding abstinence, condoms and AIDS - how to prevent it and treat it. She tells people that stopping AIDS is not just about saving our lives, but of saving the tribe itself. |
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It was important to the tribe that we allow them to publicly honor local girls who had undergone tests and had been certified as virgins. | ||
| One of the GDCU
teachers at Sizathina High School (General Nsuza) undergoes an AIDS test so students and
community members would know how simple it is to ascertain their "status". The health worker explains everything to the audience, from how long it takes to get the test results (15-20 minutes), and how test results are confidential. |
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The Community
Health Workers who had been our home visit guides perform the song they wrote for the
occasion. Listen to the song: mp3 or wma |
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