World AIDS Day Campaign -2008
Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 19, 2008 (SKNIS)
The new activities on the schedule of World AIDS Campaign 2008 are designed to help residents to “Keep the Promise, Lead, Empower and Deliver.”
National AIDS Coordinator Gardenia Destang-Richardson said that one new activity was the “Walk of Hope” which took place Thursday, November 13. She explained that the walk from Independence Square to Frigate Bay intended to show solidarity with persons living with HIV/AIDS, and spread the message that persons living with HIV/AIDS are humans first and then have the disease after.
The AIDS Coordinator said that the people who walked demonstrated that they understand HIV/AIDS issues as well as care and support those persons living with the illness.
A new feature to be added to the November 28 Parade which customarily has creative methods of displaying different HIV/AIDS issues will be the a symbolic balloon release. Mrs. Destang-Richardson explained that over 300 balloons will be released representing one balloon for each reported person who has died and one for each person in the Federation who is living with the illness. At the conclusion of the Parade at the Treasury Apron, there will be what has been dubbed an AIDS Jam, which is a concert featuring local performers.
