World AIDS Day contest!

Why is World AIDS Day important?

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Voices of Youth held a contest for the best creative writing by young people about HIV and AIDS to celebrate World AIDS Day on the 1st of December, 2005. The contest is now closed, but you can still read the entries and tell us what you think!

Young people from around the world submitted prose and poetry entries of fewer than 500 words on the theme of why World AIDS Day is important. You can see the three winning entries on the next page...