On World AIDS Day 2009, World AIDS Campaign took it’s message to the grassroots in Cape Town, South Africa.
The World Aids Day event was held in Samora Machel informal settlement. The event brought together parliamentarians, teen superstars, 2000 learners, a street march and some powerful messages from Cape Town’s young people about the impact of HIV on their communities.
The World AIDS Campaign for the first time embarked on a project with a hundred learners from ten different high schools on the Cape Flats, in preparation for World AIDS Day. These learners received Human Rights, HIV and Photography training. They were then asked to capture photo images of HIV as they perceive it.
There was a mix of images of service providers, images of people living in the community, some with HIV; and the lack of basic services access to clean water, to a health environment, to adequate housing and sanitation that were exhibited at the event.
Learners were also encouraged to come do voluntary testing which was available at the event.