heal the world

I was watching the BBC the other day and it featured AIDS at the doorstep of Washington, D.C. I felt sad that even in a rich country as the USA ( the source of funds for big AIDS project worldwide) I found some amount of indifference to AIDS and its related issues and concerns. Some people who are doing risky sexual behaviors still do not believe that they are vulnerable in getting infected with the virus and transmitting it too.

That is even with the millions of evidences and testimonies. I think, we all have to be reminded of the threat of this pandemic. Maybe much worse than the economic global downturn.

I thought of sharing some posters done by some contestants during the "poster-making contest" we have conducted for the World AIDS Day 2005 commemoration.

One of the contestants is Apple. Here she is doing her work.

And this is what she has done. It won the first place.

A much younger contestant produced this one.Because of some delicate issues, their drawings and their thoughts were asked to be presented and processed by a facilitator for a better understanding. There were also younger contestants who have equally interesting work and thoughts behind their drawings.

We conducted this contest in a small community, Sikatoy wherein sex workers gather around and wait for customers from the local and foreign ships that dock in the nearby ports.

The sex trade in the area was largely evident to the young children, teenagers and the rest of the population who see and observe the activity going on - day in and out.

Now the place is wiped-out (from the map) because of the expansion of the ports.

"Heal the World" is the song dedicated to all the Persons Living with HIV/AIDS and all of us to work hand in hand to make this world a better place to live.