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SIERRA LEONE COMMUNITY PRODUCE HIV ANIMATIONS |
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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International development agency Christian Aid has produced an album of
songs and two innovative animations to help publicise its SAVE approach
to HIV awareness and education in Sierra Leone.
The songs, written and performed by members of the Methodist
Youth Resource Centre in Bo, Sierra Leone, tackle the issue of stigma
and HIV awareness and have been a hit with radio stations across the
country.
The album, which took three months to produce, features 12
songs in a mixture of English and local dialects. They take their
inspiration from a range of music, from Sierra Leone and elsewhere, but
share common themes of infectious rhythms and uplifting lyrics. The animations were produced on computer equipment at the
youth centre using the skills which were taught to those attending the
centre.
Sierra Leone has 48,000 people living with HIV and Christian
Aid funds 10 projects there working on issues such as stigma,
discrimination, health education, behaviour counselling, support and
care, voluntary testing, income generation and mother-to-baby
transmission. Christian Aid is pioneering the SAVE approach with nearly 300 local HIV partners in 40 countries.
Mark Nunn, project manager at Christian Aid said: 'To date we
have produced 800 CDs which have been distributed to radio stations,
local NGOs, schools, churches and the National AIDS Secretariat of
Sierra Leone. The project has proved to be very popular and we are
hoping that we will be able to get enough funding to repeat it in other
countries where we work on HIV education, such as Zambia.'
To listen to the songs and view the animations visit www.hivsierraleone.co.uk
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