Saturday was AIDS Day. Lots of activities, all geared at drawing attention to the wildly spreading, population-eliminating disease. We had famous Cape Verdean artists coming to play, important officials talking about how important it is to work together to combat HIV, and....finally...Courtney and her CEJ group performing their own version of the "clinking glasses" theater demonstration (see previous blog for description). It was all very last minute and Cape Verdean (are we going to perform, are we not going to perform, are we going to pull our hair out of our skulls?), but it went over well for the first time presenting. Hopefully we will get tons of practice in and people will love it. We'll become famous in no time:)
Anyhow, all in all the day was quite show-y with very little behavior change-inducing power. There is always no shock value implemented to scare adolescents into responsible behavior, just happy music with the title AIDS waving its banner over their unsuspecting heads. One more vote for individual or small group work in rural villages...
So, here are some pictures from the grand event:
Here is my little theater group, practicing for the event. Can't see everyone, but...well, essentially, we rock.
We were trying to make the shape of the AIDS ribbon. Didn't work as well as we'd hoped.
We were trying to make the shape of the AIDS ribbon. Didn't work as well as we'd hoped.
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I love these photos. Thank you!
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