Sites to check out

*HIV Stories from Latin America (BBC), there is a story from Honduras at the bottom
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/6160179.stm

*News from the Global Fund about HIV/AIDS in Honduras
http://www.theglobalfund.org/programs/news/?countryid=HND&lang=EN

*Information about deforestation and other environment issues in Honduras
http://www.american.edu/TED/honduras.htm

AIDS Web Sites

***note: This is information that can be found the Peace Corps Manuel for volunteers

• http://www.unaids.org, UNAIDS, located in Geneva, publishes many insightful manuals on HIV/AIDS. Some of the most interesting ones are Summary Booklet of Best Practices, Peer Education and HIV/AIDS: Concepts, Uses and Challenges, Guide to the Strategic Planning Process for a National Response to HIV/AIDS, Prevention of HIV Transmission from Mother to Child, A Review of Household and Community Responses of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and AIDS Education Through Imams. This is just a small sample of the publications available to anyone working in HIV/AIDS free of charge from UNAIDS. Many of these materials are available in multiple languages, including Russian.

**http://www.unaids.org/en/CountryResponses/Countries/honduras.asp
-Page within the site where you can find information about Honduras specifically.

• http://www.comminit.com, Communication Initiative, lists international HIV interventions that use behavioral change strategies. Allows a custom search for a range of development issues and communication interventions.
• http://www.hivnet.ch/fdp, Fondation Du Present, uses information technology to facilitate capacity building in marginalized societies. Facilitates collective consensus-building on HIV/AIDS. Assists in making the work and policies of organizations, governments, and international
• http://www.iavi.org, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, mission is to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventative HIV vaccines for use throughout the world.
• http://www.aidsmap.com, a clearinghouse for information on HIV/AIDS, including a treatment database, technical information and news updates.
• http://www.aegis.com, AEGIS, provides most recent news on HIV/AIDS issues, updated hourly, provides links to a wide range of HIV/AIDS-related issues and information.

Malawi January 2009

The Malawi January 2009 session came to a close last week with a final evaluation at Lake Malawi. Katy and I are here for another six days to tie up some loose ends and setup new schools for the summer sessions. We're also working on developing a four-week program designed for older professionals (aged 30+) that will take place in August of 2009. We're hoping to build on the sustainability of our pre-existing programs by facilitating the development of extra-curricular HIV/AIDS clubs at primary schools where we have worked in the past. We're also hoping to expand our programming into secondary schools by assisting, where we can, overstretched faculty. We should have the specifics in the next couple of weeks, so keep checking our website for updates. If you're interested in volunteering contact us at info@worldcampforkids.org. In the meantime, here are a few highlights from the January session:

-10 volunteers
-Taught at 6 full primary schools
-Worked with 41 teachers
-Taught nearly 1000 children
-Served approximately 3800 meals
-Planted nearly 200 trees
-Gifted nearly 1000 trees
-Conducted a project with nearly 50 vulnerable street children

Also, be sure to check out a video from the January session compliments of Chris Chung and Jay Brollier. You can watch it on youtube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuYmbAK85Fo

Thanks to everyone for their hard work this January! Keep checking back for updates on Malawi and World Camp.

-Scott Coriell