World AIDS Day is commemorated on December 1st each year, with the mission of raising awareness about the HIV pandemic. This year, several PCVs around Uganda held World AIDS Day events in their communities, and I participated in two of them.
World AIDS Day 2011 - Soroti (Socks 'n Sacks!)
The event on Soroti was organized by the fabulous PCVs Chelsea Milko and Joanna Groepper. They organized a booth in collaboration with TASO (The AIDS Support Organization) within a larger event organized by the District Health Office. They made signs about HIV prevention in English and the local language (Ateso), which were placed around Soroti after the event. Ugandans educated others about creating sack gardens, an easy way for people sick from HIV to still grow some of their own food. In addition, we led condom demonstrations for the crowd and handed out free condoms, rice sacks, and seeds. It was crowded and crazy (like any Ugandan event), but it was a lot of fun.
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| HIV prevention sign |
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| Preparing for seeds and rice sacks to give away |
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| Condom demonstration co-led by a PCV and Ugandan |
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| Sack garden demonstration |
World AIDS Day 2011 - Lira
The event in Lira was organized by the lovely Liz Skeris and Jacqueline Demko. It started with a 5 km race and was followed by a health fair. Booths at the health fair included what is HIV, prevention, STD's and sexual health, condom demonstrations, and a quiz about HIV.
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| The race begins! |
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| The prevention booth |
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| Condom demonstrations |
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| Quiz time - what do you know about HIV? |
Two great, successful events! Thanks ladies for organizing! :)
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