The messages are the same but this week culturally relevant brochures, pamphlets, and even bumper stickers on HIV and Aids were introduced to Belize's inner city. The initiative comes under Youth for the Future's HIV and Aids Education Programme; Coordinator Douglas Hyde explains how the new literature will change the tone and style of HIV and Aids education and awareness messages from Pinks Alley to the Pink Jungle.
Douglas Hyde, Coordinator
"They want to see more of themselves and other young persons like themselves, make it more readable so they can understand it more on their level. Along with that it gives them more of an identification because these are things they can identify with when they see pictures with other youths from their areas on the pictures. We tried to turn some of the information more to a basic level which they can understand and we also get peer educators so they can understand the information they receive to."
Evalee Cadle, Peer Educator
"It will just add more in the sense that people hear it from our mouth but if they see in their face every minute, every so often, they might take it in because the HIV education is needed because its swarming the young people in Belize so its needed."
$3,000 in pamphlets, brochures, and bumper stickers were printed. The funding came from the Ministry of Health, United Nations Population Fund, and the OPEC Fund.
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