Latin American Students to be Trained in Producing HIV/AIDS Prevention Messages
28-09-2004 (UNESCO Quito)
28-09-2004 (UNESCO Quito)
Public schools in Argentina will participate in a series of 20 workshops on HIV/AIDS and communication as part of the project Â?Youth, Communication and HIV/AIDS Prevention,Â? directed by the NGO Â?Other Voices: Communication for DemocracyÂ?, located in Buenos Aires. The project forms part of the larger programme Young Media Space that in addition to developing the workshops in the schools will be using its web site and Internet to give the project a regional impact. Casa de la Juventud in Sucre, Bolivia; OCIC-SIGNIS in La Paz, Bolivia; Agencia de NotÃcias dos Direitos da Infancia in Brasilia, Brazil; and Huancayo in Peru are potential partners for extending the project´s regional reach; each of these NGOs have their own extensive communication networks in Latin America.
The training materials used for the workshops will be located on the projectÂ?s web site (www.lasotrasvoces.com.ar), and will be available to any school and NGO in Spanish-speaking regions with an interest in HIV/AIDS issues. The programme directors hope to translate the materials into Portuguese in the future.
Â?ICT promotes access to comprehensive and reliable youth-friendly information in quest of behavioural changes. Furthermore, it will seek to encourage a spirit of analysis on the part of the youth involved on how to use ICT more actively in the fight against HIV/AIDS and turn these recommendations into concrete preventive actions,Â? said Silvia Bacher, President of Other Voices: Communication for Democracy. Â?We consider that media can help to fight against this problem.Â?
As part of the larger programme Young Media Space, students have broadcasted their own community prevention productions and analyzed the existing media prevention campaigns on HIV/AIDS issues. Â?Youth, Communication and HIV/AIDS PreventionÂ? will build on the success of these prior experiences in the development of the training materials and workshops.
Students who participate in the workshops will produce materials on HIV/AIDS that will be distributed through local media channels, schools and NGOs.
After the workshops have been completed and analyzed, a handbook including the best practices and lessons learned will be produced and disseminated regionally through public schools and NGO networks.
The project is being financed through UNESCOÂ?s Regional Communication and Information Office for Latin America in Quito and the Caribbean and in the framework of the activities of the INFOYOUTH Programme.
The training materials used for the workshops will be located on the projectÂ?s web site (www.lasotrasvoces.com.ar), and will be available to any school and NGO in Spanish-speaking regions with an interest in HIV/AIDS issues. The programme directors hope to translate the materials into Portuguese in the future.
Â?ICT promotes access to comprehensive and reliable youth-friendly information in quest of behavioural changes. Furthermore, it will seek to encourage a spirit of analysis on the part of the youth involved on how to use ICT more actively in the fight against HIV/AIDS and turn these recommendations into concrete preventive actions,Â? said Silvia Bacher, President of Other Voices: Communication for Democracy. Â?We consider that media can help to fight against this problem.Â?
As part of the larger programme Young Media Space, students have broadcasted their own community prevention productions and analyzed the existing media prevention campaigns on HIV/AIDS issues. Â?Youth, Communication and HIV/AIDS PreventionÂ? will build on the success of these prior experiences in the development of the training materials and workshops.
Students who participate in the workshops will produce materials on HIV/AIDS that will be distributed through local media channels, schools and NGOs.
After the workshops have been completed and analyzed, a handbook including the best practices and lessons learned will be produced and disseminated regionally through public schools and NGO networks.
The project is being financed through UNESCOÂ?s Regional Communication and Information Office for Latin America in Quito and the Caribbean and in the framework of the activities of the INFOYOUTH Programme.
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Chris Schuepp
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