The prevention team's activities have slowed down a bit, with the finals for our soccer tournament finishing up the 7th and 8th of August and the school awareness days on hold until the striking stops.
The finals was a huge success. A team from England came the week before, participating in various events scheduled for them, such as site seeing, friendly matches, and time on the beach. The tournament drew a huge crowd of hundreds of people, the HIV testing tents were up and utilized (150 in two days), dramas done and health education spread over the two fields. 800 male condoms were passed out, 300 female condoms and 150 brochures on ARV treatment.
Today the prevention team is doing a community awareness day. This came from an invitation by two American social workers in the area to come and teach HIV awareness in this particular area of Malungeni. Malungeni is not in Ward 23, which we are working in from July-Dec, however the need was great and the people resourceful.
On the 25th will be another community awareness day, however this one within Ward 23.
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