Culture and HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS: The Creative Challenge in the Caribbean

The Caribbean workshop was held in Kingston in July 2007. It was attended by twelve development practitioners from five non-governmental organisations (NGOs) utilising cultural approaches to HIV and AIDS prevention and care, and a further 20 representatives from regional policy, donor or government agencies and civil society organisations with a particular interest in HIV and AIDS work.

A report on the workshop can be downloaded here. (Adobe PDF 870KB)

An overview report which explores emerging issues in the light of evidence from the Kingston workshop and
Caribbean case studies can be downloaded here. (Adobe PDF 174KB )

Case Studies

Four NGOs contributed to a series of case studies from the region. Of the five NGOs represented at the workshop, four operate in Jamaica and one in Trinidad and Tobago; two (one in Jamaica and the one in Trinidad and Tobago) are general development agencies and two (in Jamaica) are arts based, while one (in Jamaica) is an HIV and AIDS NGO. The four case study projects utilise performance arts as the basis of their cultural methodology.

Ashe Caribbean Performing Arts -Vibes in the World of Sexuality

The BARCAM - Let’s Move

Children First Agency - Mobile Reproductive Health and Information Unit – Bashy Bus

Sistren Theatre Collective - HIV/AIDS: Its impact on families