| HIV/AIDS 14th annual inter high school debate |
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| Thursday, 02 February 2012 10:43 | |||
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Local youth got a chance to have their say on the ongoing threat of HIV/AIDS when the National AIDS Program/HIV Prevention Unit hosted its 14th annual HIV/AIDS Inter High School debate. Under the theme “Getting to zero, Community participation towards Eradication,” six schools participated at the Felix Morley Community Center on Jan. 26th: British West Indies Collegiate, Champions for Christ, Helena Jones Robinson High School, Maranatha High School, Marjorie Basden High School and Turks and Caicos Institute for Professional Studies (TCIPS) Comprehensive High School. The moot debated “Be it resolved: It is the Community’s Civic Duty to participate in the Eradication of HIV.” This year’s winning school was the TCIPS Comprehensive School, followed by Helena Jones Robinson High in second place and the Marjorie Basden High School in third place. The Best Speaker award went to Tochukwu Otuonye of the Helena Jones Robinson High School. “The National AIDS Program/HIV Prevention Unit would like to thank the judges and time keeper of the debate, the markers and judges of the essay and poster competition for their contribution to making World AIDS day celebrations a success, we could not have done it without you,” said AIDS Coordinator Aldora Robinson. “Finally, in reaching the masses we could not do it without Radio Turks and Caicos, WIV and PTV, thank you for your support, partnership and commitment to assisting us in bringing HIV/AIDS awareness to the TCI. Thanks also to the listening audience remember, we each have a responsibility in reducing the impact of HIV on our society. Zero tolerance of discrimination as we get to zero new infections and zero AIDS related deaths.” Other sponsors included Digicel, LIME, Scotia Bank, Kishco, AIDS Awareness Foundation, Circle G food Store, Kiwanis, A1 Business Machine and the National Youth Department. Essay winners
Poster winners
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