Keiskamma – A Story of Love

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July 20, 2010

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Like many other communities in rural Africa the tiny hamlet of Hamburg, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, is fighting a life and death battle — its population has been decimated by HIV/Aids.

Now the women there are struggling to keep the community alive through the disciplined use of anti-retro virals (ARVS). Backed by the Keiskamma art project, a small HIV/Aids programme was begun in 2004.

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Steven was born and raised in Dar es Salaam, and moved to Germany for his studies. He graduated with a BSc. in Physics (Jacobs University Bremen), and then a MSc. in Engineering Physics (Technische Universität München). Steven is currently pursuing a PhD in Physics (growth of coatings/multilayers for next generation lithography reflective optics) in the Netherlands. He’s thinking about starting his own business in a few years; something high-tech related. At Vijana FM, Steven discusses issues critical to youths in Tanzania, music, sport and a host of other angles. He’s also helping Vijana FM with a Swahili translation project.

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aliya says:

July 20, 2010 at 13:22

I recently read an article on BBC News about HIV/AIDS and research shows that there are new and inexpensive ways of preventing the spread.

For those of you who are interested, check out the article here.

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joji says:

July 21, 2010 at 02:11

thanks for the link Aliya! Interesting findings

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