To celebrate the launch of YAHAnet (Youth, the Arts, and HIV & AIDS network) and the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, an exciting new contest was hosted by YAHAnet to promote further dialogue and expression around HIV & AIDS.
THE CONTEST:
Applicants had to submit an original work of art (visual, performance, or text) that was a reflection on the question: “If you know a practice or behaviour could put you at RISK of contracting HIV, why would you do it anyway?”
!!!THE WINNERS!!!
Visual Category: "Passion Wins" by MARIEL GARCÍA MONTES from México
Text Category: "Deadly Payoffs: Why I Risk It" by FELISTA WAMBUI WANGARI from Kenya
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Please note: There were no submissions to the Performance category, so there are only two contest winners instead of three.
We received excellent submissions for the contest, and ALL SUBMISSIONS will be featured on our website in the near future! We are currently undergoing site maintenance and upgrading our site, but we will notify all submitters when we have posted their work. Winners will be contacted soon with prize information.
Thank you very much for your submissions and congratulations to the winners!
- The YAHAnet team
(You can visit YAHAnet at
http://www.yahanet.org, but please keep in mind that we are completely upgrading our site, so we will be offline for a month or so.)
