Across the globe sport is being used to educate young people about HIV & AIDS. It is unique in its appeal to young people, and so offers special opportunities for endorsing the HIV/AIDS prevention message.
Through our local project partners we combine sport activities, like football training, with information on preventing and fighting HIV/AIDS. The sport coaches are trained to teach kids in the field of HIV/AIDS awareness through special sport exercises.
- HIV is no barrier to playing sport at any level
- In fact physical activity combined with treatments help people living with HIV to lead healthy lives
- HIV can be prevented through good education and awareness
- Act4Africa encourages all projects that can harness the global power of sport to help teach young people how to protect themselves and their partners
To find out more about how Sport is used to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, read the stories, or to find out more about Act4Africa, check out our 'Factfile'.
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Celebrate 10 Years of Act4Africa - 13th November 2010
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Tuesday, 01 Jun 10Leeds students join Walk of Hope
Chapter 2 of Walk of Hope 2010 by Laura Henderson
A big thank you and congratulations to the Leeds Metropolitan University Event Management students who put together an event to raise money for Act4Africa's Walk of Hope early in the year, not the brightest of days in the 2010 calendar so far, but everyone remained upbeat and on a high as they took on the challenge of 5.8miles around the very fabulous and stately Harewood House grounds.
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Friday, 26 Mar 10The Walk of Hope has started!
Chapter 1 of Walk of Hope 2010 by Rob Davies
The first 120 miles of the 4,162 mile Walk of Hope have been walked! 21 Leeds University students, their friends and other supporters battled against the rain on March 20th to kick-start our biggest ever fundraising event. And they put the icing on the cake with a fabulous comedy night with African drummers in a cocktail bar in Leeds to thank the walkers the week after the event.
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Tuesday, 25 Aug 09Coaches' AIDS game is a winner in Africa
Chapter 3 of SportStars by Abby Alford, Chief Reporter, South Wales Echo.
SPORTS coaches who traveled to Africa to teach children and adults how to protect themselves from the HIV and Aids epidemic sweeping the continent have described the trip as "unbelievable" and "rewarding".
The team taught a series of workshop and laid on educational games in the slums of Nairobi in Kenya and rural villages in Uganda.
With around 15% of the adults there infected with HIV, the...
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