A few weeks ago, I finally received my grant money from VAST to hold an HIVaids youth camp! All $980.00 baby. That is a small fortune here in Nicaragua. After months of applications and budgets it was amazing to see that money in my account.
With the help of another volunteer, Robyn Singleton, we organized over 40 youth from the department of Jinotega in preperation for the HIVaids camp. In teams of 5 each group was responsible for making a custume out of condoms. You heard me right, condoms. Our big event in the HIVaids youth camp would be a huge Condom Fashion Show!
SO . . . why did we decide to have a Condom Fashion Show? Well, to prevent HIVaids.
Whenever I teach my youth about condoms they actually freak out. No one wants to touch them, no one will look directly at the condom, especially if it is out of the wrapper. No way José. Anyway, the idea of the fashion show is to remove stigma, taboo and general shame over condoms by creating outfits out of them. Get rid of the idea of sex.
Check ou the pictures. I would say the concept worked pretty well.
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