Now let us talk about AIDS.
I have been involved in anti-AIDS among the youth for a long time. I have seen how the young people think about the disease. Unsurprisingly, many take the situation with a lot of humour. I remember once giving a talk about AIDS and some guy mentioned that old line that AIDS, actually is standing for American Invention Discouraging Sex! He was so serious that he never smiled!
That was an easy one to challenge and we did handle it nicely. The other side of the AIDS awareness is that many young people see that here is nothing new. We got lots of pain trying to insert AIDS education evrytime there is a youth event, but they coplained there is nothing new: the same ABC’s basic facts etc. Uhm.
The down side is always that apathy sets in and many young people just shrag it off as just another disease too. But is it? Long time ago in the mid 80s, it is considered a disease of Congolese in Sudan, mainly prostitutes etc. Only those who visit these places get it. It is a sad fact which is still the case in South Sudan.
The Abstinence is impossible in the young, the Being faithful hard for the married, and the Condom? It is not always available! Well, there are those who think it takes the “sweetness” out of the sex!
Next time, we talk about another side.
