Photo Diary: World AIDS Day - December 1, 2006

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On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006, Eric M. Bost, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, traveled to Diepsloot in Guateng Province in South Africa to see a PlayPump in action. The innovative PlayPump water system is powered by children's play. It consists of a merry-go-round attached to a water pump and provides a sustainable and child-friendly water delivery system. Complementing the PlayPump installations are positive living messages featuring the image of Kami, the HIV-positive Muppet from Takalani Sesame.
On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006, Eric M. Bost, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, traveled to Diepsloot in Guateng Province in South Africa to see a PlayPump in action. Complementing the PlayPump installations are positive living messages featuring the image of Kami, the HIV-positive Muppet from Takalani Sesame. 		 

On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006, Eric M. Bost, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, traveled to Diepsloot in Guateng Province in South Africa to see a PlayPump in action. The innovative PlayPump water system is powered by children's play. It consists of a merry-go-round attached to a water pump and provides a sustainable and child-friendly water delivery system. Complementing the PlayPump installations are positive living messages featuring the image of Kami, the HIV-positive Muppet from Takalani Sesame.

On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006, Eric M. Bost, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, traveled to Diepsloot in Guateng Province in South Africa to see a PlayPump in action. Complementing the PlayPump installations are positive living messages featuring the image of Kami, the HIV-positive Muppet from Takalani Sesame.

  

President George W. Bush talks with reporters at a meeting hosted by President Bush and Laura Bush on World AIDS Day in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006. President Bush said the United States is committed in helping solve this problem by dedicating a lot of resources to battle against HIV/AIDS around the world. President Bush is seen with, from left to right, Dr. Getachew Feleke of the Nassau U. Medical Center of Farmingdale, N.Y.; U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Michael O. Leavitt and Angelina Magaga, right, of the Light and Courage Center Trust of Botswana, Africa. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush talks with reporters at a meeting hosted by President Bush and Laura Bush on World AIDS Day in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006. President Bush said the United States is committed in helping solve this problem by dedicating a lot of resources to battle against HIV/AIDS around the world.  White House photo by Eric Draper

 

President George W. Bush welcomes Cyriaque Yapo Ako, executive director of the Reseau Ivoirien des Organisations de PVVIH in Cote d’Ivoire, Africa, to the White House World AIDS Day meeting hosted by President Bush and Laura Bush, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006. Participants included supporters of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which is the largest international health initiative in history dedicated to a single disease. Angelina Magaga of the Light and Courage Center Trust of Botswana, Africa, is seen center. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush welcomes Cyriaque Yapo Ako, executive director of the Reseau Ivoirien des Organisations de PVVIH in Cote d’Ivoire, Africa, to the White House World AIDS Day meeting hosted by President Bush and Laura Bush, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006. Angelina Magaga of the Light and Courage Center Trust of Botswana, Africa, is seen center. White House photo by Eric Draper

 
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush speak with their guests at a meeting on World AIDS Day in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006, who support the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which is the largest international health initiative in history dedicated to a single disease. Angelina Magaga, Center Coordinator for the Light and Courage Center Trust in Botswana, Africa, is seen at right. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush speak with their guests at a meeting on World AIDS Day in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006, who support the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which is the largest international health initiative in history dedicated to a single disease. Angelina Magaga, Center Coordinator for the Light and Courage Center Trust in Botswana, Africa, is seen at right. White House photo by Eric Draper 		 

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush host a meeting on World AIDS Day in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006. As this World AIDS Day marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the HIV virus, President Bush said, 'It is a day for the world to recognize the fact that there are 39 million people living with HIV/AIDS, and a day to remember the fact that 25 million people have died of AIDS.' White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush host a meeting on World AIDS Day in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006. As this World AIDS Day marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the HIV virus, President Bush said, "It is a day for the world to recognize the fact that there are 39 million people living with HIV/AIDS, and a day to remember the fact that 25 million people have died of AIDS." White House photo by Eric Draper

  

A photo exhibition of people living healthy and transformed lives after undergoing HIV/AIDS treatment was inaugurated at The American Center in New Delhi, India to observe World AIDS Day on December 1, 2006. The exhibition, the first of its kind in India, is entitled 'Photos of Hope: Lives Saved and Transformed.' U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Geoffrey Pyatt and some of the portrait subjects listen as Dr. Chinkholal Thangsing, Asia Pacific Bureau Chief for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, speaks at the launch of the exhibit.

A photo exhibition of people living healthy and transformed lives after undergoing HIV/AIDS treatment was inaugurated at The American Center in New Delhi, India to observe World AIDS Day on December 1, 2006. U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Geoffrey Pyatt and some of the portrait subjects listen as Dr. Chinkholal Thangsing, Asia Pacific Bureau Chief for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, speaks at the launch of the exhibit.

 

A photo exhibition of people living healthy and transformed lives after undergoing HIV/AIDS treatment was inaugurated at The American Center in New Delhi, India to observe World AIDS Day on December 1, 2006. The exhibition, the first of its kind in India, is entitled 'Photos of Hope: Lives Saved and Transformed.' U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Geoffrey Pyatt and Chinkholal Thangsing, Asia Pacific Bureau Chief for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, are pictured with some of the portrait subjects.

A photo exhibition of people living healthy and transformed lives after undergoing HIV/AIDS treatment was inaugurated at The American Center in New Delhi, India to observe World AIDS Day on December 1, 2006. U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Geoffrey Pyatt and Chinkholal Thangsing, Asia Pacific Bureau Chief for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, are pictured with some of the portrait subjects.

 
With support from the U.S. Embassy Hanoi and the United Gospel Outreach Church, painter Nguyen Trong Kien, who has been living with HIV for 12 years, held an exhibition entitled 'The World of Dolls Crying' from December 1-10, 2006 in Hanoi. The exhibition was part of a series of events held in Vietnam to mark World AIDS Day and call for stronger efforts to fight stigmatization and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS.
With support from the U.S. Embassy Hanoi and the United Gospel Outreach Church, painter Nguyen Trong Kien, who has been living with HIV for 12 years, held an exhibition entitled "The World of Dolls Crying" from December 1-10, 2006 in Hanoi. The exhibition was part of a series of events held in Vietnam to mark World AIDS Day and call for stronger efforts to fight stigmatization and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS.

   
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