While in Gaborone, youth from the Dioceses of North Carolina, Newcastle and Botswana participated in a two-day workshop on AIDS/HIV, coordinated by the AIDS/HIV committee on the Diocese of Botswana and Dr. Sharita Womack.
We were all put into groups according to our gifts that we had placed on our 'faces in many places' chart- that way everyone is happy.
Within the groups we were all told to come away with a project to help raise the awareness of HIV/AIDS. The musical group that Shaun was in, concentrated on producing a performance where many people would come along and there we'd distribute t-shirts with our logos on. On the front would be 'who am I?' and on the back we'd have 'who i am' that would be the answer to the question posed before. We then discussed the prospect of going into schools, hospices, hospitals and other places of public sector and help to raise the awareness.... - Shaun
I was placed in the 'leadership' group that came up with the winning idea. We chose to host an educated sponsored walk to raise money for HIV/AIDS that would help spread awareness for the disease. Our group worked really well together and we had so much fun planning, pitching, and making a corny yet pretty awesome commercial for the event. The especially nice thing about it is that with the money raised, we will hopefully be able to put other projects in to action that the different groups came up with. So, in reality, everyone's ideas will be used! The entire weekend was educational and eye-opening for all of the youth. I can't wait to get started on this project! - Hayley
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