HIV/AIDS Project

Over my holiday break, while I was lounging on the beach in Mozambique, I met a number of volunteers from other regions of Southern Africa. I recently received an email from one of them, Jerry, who is working on a HIV/AIDS project in his village. I thought I would post his message to see if anyone out there is interested in helping out.

Dumela!
Greetings from Botswana, Africa. My name is Jerry Knight and I am a PeaceCorps volunteer stationed in Seronga, a small village in the Okavango Delta. I work in the PMTCT program (prevention of mother to child transmission) and HIV education within the school. Our school is creating "Seronga HIV/AIDS day" on Monday, March 5, 2007. Part of our celebration is to have a poster display about HIV/AIDS from posters from all over the world. We are asking people from different countries to create a poster to join our celebration. Our village does not have electricity, so the children do not even have television to give them a glimpse of the outside world. I am hoping that this project will encourage the children to look beyond our village, that there is a whole world out there for them.

If you are willing to create a poster about HIV/AIDS, we will proudly display it as part of our celebration. The poster can be anything you desire. If you would be willing to write a small note about where you are from, that would be highly appreciated as well.

Mailing is a long process here (it can take up to a month), so we are asking that the poster is mailed by the end of January. Please don't forget to write "airmail" on the package. Please let me know if you require reimbursement for mailing costs. You can mail it to:

Jerry Knight
c/o OCT
box 5
Sarong, Botswana, Africa

Again, this will be the first contact for the children outside Botswana, and they are extremely excited. Words can not express how grateful I am for helping us with this project. Thank you!