Ghana AIDS Project Committee

Last Saturday in Kumasi we had a meeting for the Ghana AIDS Project Committee (or GhAP-C) which was the first one new members like me attended. Each region has a regional representative who serves as a point of contact for HIV/AIDS related projects for other Volunteers in their region. We discussed a lot including the history of the committee, basics are what we do, grants, and activities for the year including World AIDS Day and a new HIV Community Service Day. We also reviewed some games and activities we learned in training to use to educate people on HIV/AIDS. It was a very productive meeting and I'm exciting to be working with this great group of Volunteers (see photo of our smiling faces). I am also going to be serving as the Gender and Youth Coordinator for the committee and hope to be very active in that role. Besides just working, I also had the chance to go to an Italian circus(acrobats, tigers, and a moto cage- o my) that was in town which was a lot of fun. Here's the mission statement for the committee and if you want to find out more check out the website too: To increase awareness and understanding of HIV and AIDS in the Ghanaian communities we serve by providing targeted training and outreach interventions, and to empower grassroots level participants to adopt positive behavioral practices so as to contribute to the prevention of the spread and mitigation of the impact of HIV and AIDS in Ghana.