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Morocco launches UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS

At Morocco’s launch of UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS, children expressed their views on HIV/AIDS through a painting workshop.

RABAT, Morocco, 25 October 2005 – At the Morocco launch of UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS, UNICEF Morocco and its partners – the National Observatory for Children’s Rights (ONDE), the Pan-African Organization for HIV-AIDS (OPALS) and Menara Junior portal for Children – joined efforts to help educate children and youth on HIV/AIDS. The special information sessions and workshops took place in the most vulnerable neighbourhoods of the Moroccan capital Rabat.

The launch began with a session on HIV/AIDS prevention for 60 young people. The session was conducted by peer educators from OPALS, and made use of a special HIV/AIDS CD-ROM designed by their organization.

Later in the day children were given the opportunity to express their views on HIV/AIDS through an art workshop. The 10 best paintings won prizes.

Some of the paintings from the workshop. The ten best paintings won prizes.

Also included in the day’s activities was a ‘Q&A’ session where children and youth discussed HIV/AIDS related issues with each other. After the session they were given the opportunity to register for a HIV/AIDS peer education program organized by OPALS.

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