Posts tagged AIDS
Life is calling. How far will you go?
More photos from our AIDS-Free Generation Photo Contest People’s Choice Category!
You can choose the AIDS-Free Generation Photo Contest PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNER!
These are just two of the amazing photos that are waiting for YOUR vote!
(P.S. A reblog to help us get the word out would be great! The more votes, the better!)
We are thrilled to announce that Alicia Keys will be selecting the winners of our AIDS-Free Generation Photo Contest! As co-founder and global ambassador for Keep a Child Alive, Keys is dedicated to improving the lives of children and their families living with AIDS. Her passion combined with her artistic vision will help us select the winning photos that express the spirit of the Peace Corps Volunteers. Their work around the world is truly an inspiration to us all.
PCVs & RPCVs: Still planning to submit your photos? We’ve extended the deadline to 11:59 PM EDT on Wednesday, July 4! Visit www.peacecorps.gov/photocontest for more info
Weekly Awesome, Burkina Faso: The “Fight Against Malaria” Song with PCV Sara Goodman
PCV Sara Goodman is Non-Formal Education Volunteer posted in Burkina Faso who serves on Peace Corps Burkina Faso’s Community Health and AIDS Task-force, a group charged with promoting malaria prevention and treatment activities among the volunteer community. In addition to being an awesome volunteer and health promoter, Sara is also quite the musician, having studied Instrumental Music Education at the University of Illinois. To engage volunteers and communities in the fight against malaria Sara created this music video for the parody song “Lutter Contre Palu*.” Check out the lyrics below and sing along!
“Lutter Contre Palu” Lyrics
C’est la faut des moustiques qui causent le palu
Trop des piqures ça va fait mal
C’est un maladie qui est endémique
Ici au Burkina et partout l’Afrique
Est-ce-que c’est mieux ou c’est le pire
Il faut que nous allons decrire
Qu’est ce que vous pouvez faire pour prevenir
Est-ce-que c’est mieux ou c’est le pire
Il faut que nous allons decrire
Qu’est ce que vous pouvez faire pour prevenir
Il faut dormir sous un moustiquaire
Qui est très bien attaché
Il faut utiliser le pommade de neem
Après laver et avant dormir
Il faut lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, contre palu
Il faut lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, contre palu
Il faut lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, contre palu
Parce que ça va sauvegarder beaucoup des vies
Si vous aller dormir dehors ce soir
Il faut être protéger
Attacher le moustiquaire parmi les arbres
Et vous pouvez dormir sans les piqures
Si vous avez froid il faut faire attention
Si vous avez aussi le fievre
Il faut vous vous emballez dans un pagne mouiller
Et allez immediatement au dispensaire
Est-ce-que c’est mieux ou c’est le pire
Il faut que nous allons decrire
Qu’est ce que vous pouvez faire pour prevenir
Il faut lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, contre palu
Il faut lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, contre palu
Il faut lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, lutter, contre palu
Parce que ça va sauvegarder beaucoup des vies
*this parody song is in compliance with the fair-use clause in U.S copyright law.
Community members hold a candlelight vigil for people suffering from HIV/AIDS in Ecuador.
A Peace Corps Volunteer and her counterparts at an HIV/AIDS awareness gathering in Suriname.
Peace Corps’ Buck Buckingham: AIDS at 30
Warren W. Buckingham III is the director of our Office of AIDS Relief. Diagnosed with HIV 26 years ago, he has spent his career playing a critical role in fighting AIDS domestically and globally, working for PEPFAR and speaking publicly about living with the disease. Learn more about him and the state of AIDS in Africa in this interview from the Science Speaks series on 30 years of AIDS.
