Documenting HIV/AIDS problem in Papua

Our flight to Papua is going to leave in a few hours.

This will be our first trip to Papua for 2010, hopefully it won’t be the last one.

Papua’s HIV and AIDS prevalence rate is ten times higher than the national rate and sadly, this number is mostly made up of young people. In the past five years, Unicef has been training a group of peer educators to help improve the level of awareness about HIV and AIDS among young people and the general population.

We are so excited to have the opportunity to meet these young people and be inspired by their determination and dedication!

More to come from the land of plenty!