Helping the forgotten generation
UNAIDS - "Towering over a throng of young people, Christine Kafando peppers the crowd with questions. “Do you feel pressure from other boys and girls?” “Do you feel abandoned because of poverty?” “Do you have all the information you need regarding your health and HIV? If not, ask me, ask your partners, ask! Okay!”
The 40 boys and girls nod and shrug. They have come for a workshop run by the Association Espoir pour Demain (AED) in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, which aims to create a space for young people to learn about sexual health and to train some to become peer educators.
“After having seen a number of young students come to us pregnant, we felt a need to start these workshops,” Ms Kafando, the founder of AED, said." (Photo: United Nations Photo/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)