Literature & Multi Media
All over the world, people have misconceptions about how someone contracts HIV or AIDS. Most people would rather stay away from someone with HIV and don’t realize how very hurtful this attitude is. Lack of knowledge and unfounded fears often result in stigma and discrimination.
Accurate information about the subject needs to be made known. We are distributing a number of books with a proven track record.
Unfortunatly there is not a lot of material in languages other than English so we are emphasizing the translation and distribution of books in other languages.
Amongst the books we are distributing are:
“Brenda Has a Dragon in her Blood†the story of a child living with HIV. This book touches both the child who it is read to and the person reading it, directly addressing stigma and teaching the correct facts.
Live It Up Magazine
The Caribbean is second only to Sub-Saharan Africa in HIV prevalence. Those most affected are young people, under age 25. Ignorance, stigma, discrimination, myths and early initiation to sexual activity have a direct relationship to the spread of HIV. This comic style magazine has been especially designed for use in the Caribbean.
"AIDS Free Generation" (comic format) is written for adolescents.
"Action AIDS" by Dr. Patrick Dixon is being widely distributed.
We are also distributing various flyers which raise awareness about HIV and AIDS.