THIS IS WHAT WE NEED

I really am happy that this particular forum is up and people are really contributing to it. My name is Bose from AIESEC Lagos, Nigeria.
Here in Africa there is a high rate of people dying everyday from HIV/AIDS. But in Nigeria here, there is a big problem. People are really ignorant of a lot of facts concerning the disease and more also people do not like talking about them. A country whereby sex education or talk about sex is forbidden as a thing of open. Children are really suppose to have sex education in there curriculum from primary school. At least a little bit in there health education curriculum, it will really help.

I will not call it ignorance but refusal to learn is what is really our problem. With the high death rate on a daily basis from HIV/AIDS, I think that people should open there ears and eyes wide and be ready to lern at all cost.

The role of AIESEC in this will really help as it is a student-based organisation but most importantly in the Traineeship process will be the big question of WHAT WILL BE OUR OWN LEARNING IN ALL THESE? In helping our country to be rid of all these and really teaching people how to care for people living with HIV/AIDS, because we have a lot of stigma here in our society. Once you have been known to be HIV Positive it is like a death warrant has been handed over to one.
It is not so. People Living with HIV/AIDS can still live a normal life. As an AIESECER and this initiative coming through, it will really be a big way of learning. I am really glad to be part of this.

Please let us all contribute.