World AIDS Day March

I visited a couple of PCVs in Thamaga (Ta-ma-ha) on November 30th and went to their World AIDS day march. World AIDS day is officially December 1st, but there are usually events all over the country for a few days before and after,  especially since it fell on a Sunday this year,

Botswana has a vision for 2016, when the country will be 50 years old. No new HIV infections, no AIDS related deaths (get everyone ARVs who needs them), and no HIV related stigma.

Sandy, Jorge and I made the cardboard signs the night before and different people carried them. 

We walked for a little under an hour, so maybe a few kilometers through Thamaga.

It was a small but committed group, and I think we made enough noise and slowed down traffic enough that people took notice. 

Jorge was the official photographer.

When you are tackling a problem as big as HIV, in a country where almost 25% of the population is infected, and everyone is affected, you do lots of things, big and small, and hope they add up to make a difference.