AWARDS: Ukrainian teenager wins Staying Alive Foundation Award

Ukrainian teenager wins Staying Alive Foundation Award

Denis Stepura (19), from Kiev, is among the winner of this year's Staying Alive competition. The awards are given to young people as well as youth organizations engaged in grass roots HIV/AIDS awareness, education and prevention campaigns. Denis is the only winner from Europe. All other winners come from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Over 200 nominations were received representing 48 countries. SAF worked with international NGO?s to identify exemplary programs at the grassroots level. Finally, 25 young people and 4 organizations were chosen as winners - among them Denis and his idea to develop a specialized informational web-site for children and adolescents on HIV and AIDS prevention.

It is not the first time that Denis and his NGO "Children's Voice" is making the headlines.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/reallives_3796.html

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