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OBJECTIVES

Creation of a pedagogical kit along with 6 posters reproducing a selection of artworks from "Artists4life" project, to sensitize school audiences to HIV and AIDS related stigmas and discriminations through exercices and discussions, as well as to offer general knowledge about the disease and the ways to stop the spread of AIDS.




DESCRIPTION

The project "Artists4life" has collected more than 30 artworks from prominent international contemporary artists on the theme of Designing Hope's campaign's message against stigma related to HIV and AIDS : "I love You Positive or Negative".
Designing Hope is developping this pedagogical kit for "Artists4life", in cooperation wih UNESCO, to be displayed in african schools part of the ASP-NET network developped by UNESCO.

CONTENT

-6 color posters reproducing a selection of artworks from "Artists4life".
-1 pedagogial booklet for the teacher.
-1 set of exercices in English or Zulu to do with pupils or students

The use of this pedagogical kit is very flexible and can be adapted to various environments and audiences :
-3 posters are more oriented to youth between 12 to 14 years.
-3 posters are more oriented to youth between 15 to 18 years.
The teacher/professor can use one or more posters according to the age of his pupils/students, and to the environment of the school (rural or urban, religious context...)

-The exercices are available on a simple A4 format paper, in english and zulu and can be adapted in portugese.
The use of these exercices can also be adapted to the opportunities offered by the school : they can be copied by
machine and distributed or written by the pupils into the notebook, or even used orally.
-The pedagogical booklet gives informations about HIV and AIDS as well as instructions for the teacher willing to use this kit with his class.

EXAMPLES

For 10 to 12-year old pupils

Artist: Nicolas Maartiz
Nationality: South Africa

Questions
How many plus signs canyou count in this painting ?
How many minus ? How many hearts ?
What is the role of symetry in this artwork ?
Try to think of the meaning of these 2 words : « positive » & « negative ».
In which different fields do we use these terms and what is there meanings ?
Can you associate this painting style to a south african traditional art?

Notes for teachers : The purpose is to get the pupils understand the
complementaritry of a « positive » and a « negative » sign, and evoke with
a positive approach of seropositivity.


For 12 to 14-year old pupils

Artist: Antoine Giacomoni
Nationality: French

Observation
What words can you reconize in this drawing ?
(I love You Positive or Negative)
What objects can you recognize ?
(Safety pin, sword…)

HIV & AIDS questions
- What is the meaning of « Positive » ?, « Negative » ?
- What does HIV stands for ? (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
- How HIV is transmitted ? (unprotected sexual intercourse with an HIV+ person, intravenous injection with an infected syringe; pregnancy, childbirth & breast feeding for mother-to-infant transmission)
-Does being positive, means being sick ? (Not necessary, one can be HIV+, and be healthy)
-When you love someone from your family, or your friends, will you love him the same if you learn that he’s HIV positive ?
-What changes then ?

HIV & AIDS knowledge
HIV : Human Immunodeficiency Virus - It is the virus that causes AIDS.
When a person is infected with HIV, the virus enters the body and lives and multiplies primarily in the white blood cells. These are immune cells that normally protect us from disease. As the virus grows, it damages or kills these and other cells, weakening the immune system.
AIDS : Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. It is a disease in which the body's immune system breaks down and is unable to fight off infections, known as "opportunistic infections," and other illnesses that take advantage of a weakened immune system.

Creative workshop
Choose one or more words among the words below, and write them nicely using the style of Giacomoni : Support, Care, Love, Tolerance, Hope, Future, Friendship, Safety, Dialogue...
(Work can be done on paper with a pencil, an exhibition can be organised at the school)
BUDGET

The financing of this project and its development will depend on the private sponsoring and especially Designing Hope consortium of sponsor companies invited to support and benefit from the campaign.

It includes:

> FIRST STAGE:
500 pedagogical kits, to be sent to 200 schools:
1 200 posters of 6 differents models, A2 format (40x60cm) - 4 colors - 1275 euros
1500 pedagogical booklets (15x20cm) of 16 pages, en English and zulu - 1200 euros.
1500 copies of 6 different pages of exercices, A4 format in English, Zulu and other local languages. - 900 euros.
Conception of the pedagogical kit and desgign of the booklet & translations
(adaptation in main national languages) - 2500 euros.
Visit of schools across South Africa (10 domestic return flights, one night accomodation and car rent) - 4000 euros.
Coordination trips from France (2 return flights, 6 nights) - 4000 euros.
Administration of the projet, (4 months contacts with principals, printers, transportation compagnies, logistic of projet) - 2000 euros.
Packing and postage of kits - 2000 euros.

Total Budget : 17,875 euros

> SECOND STAGE:
Reedition in English and translation in French and Portugese.



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