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Ingrid Inema was a recipient of the highly competitive African Service Fellowship given by Stanford University. Awarded to only a handful of students every year, Inema used these funds to travel to Rwanda and finalize the upcoming Kinyarwandan version of the TeachAids animations. While in Kigali, Inema worked on a variety of development and outreach-related…
Nagarjuna Akkineni plays the role of the erudite male doctor character in the Telugu version of the TeachAids animations. Starring in over 75 films, Nagarjuna is arguably the biggest hero figure of the Telugu film industry, home to over 75 million people. He has generously gifted his voice for the development of the TeachAids animated works…
TeachAids welcomes Anne Firth Murray — author, professor, and Founding President of the Global Fund for Women — as the newest member of the TeachAids advisory board. Murray will utilize her years of experience championing human rights and issues of women’s health to advance the TeachAids communication and distribution strategies. Murray’s expertise in the philanthropic world…
TeachAids has been featured as a model healthcare campaign in a new book entitled Health Communication in the New Media Landscape. This book presents innovative, media-based methods of communication for students, educators, public health officials, and health care professionals worldwide. News about the TeachAids culturally customized health care materials can be found in the chapter on International…
The TeachAids materials have been formally approved by the Deputy Permanent Secretary and the Curriculum, Development, and Evaluation sector at the Ministry of Education in Botswana and will be implemented into every primary, secondary, and tertiary school throughout Botswana. “With its interactive, fun, and fresh approach, TeachAids will assist Botswana youth in overcoming the ‘HIV learning…
In continuing its dedication to public service and professionalism, Covington & Burling LLP has selected TeachAids as a pro bono client. They will be providing legal, marketing, and fundraising support for TeachAIDS internationally. With more than 800 lawyers worldwide and offices located in Beijing, Brussels, London, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and…
TeachAids has partnered with Support for International Change (SIC), a non-governmental organization that has been working in Tanzania since 2002 on limiting the impact of HIV and AIDS in underserved communities and training future leaders in international health and development. Starting in the summer of 2009, SIC will use the TeachAids animated materials as part of…
TeachAids has partnered with AIDS Vancouver, an organization aimed at alleviating individual and collective vulnerabilities to HIV and AIDS through support, public education, and community-based research. AIDS Vancouver is using the animated materials as part of their toolkit to help educate new staff, board members, volunteers, and community partners about HIV and AIDS related issues. Using…
Harriet Huang, a high school teacher at the Oakland International High School, screened TeachAids animations for her students in grades 9th and 10th as part of their comprehensive lessons on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention strategies. The mission of Oakland International High School is to provide quality alternative education for recently arrived immigrant students in English…
TeachAids has partnered with Central Johannesburg College (CJC) in South Africa to test the efficacy of various HIV/AIDS education materials amongst the college’s 7000 students across five campuses. The partnership will commence with preliminary surveys in which animations, among other education materials, will be shown to hundreds of students to measure their knowledge of and attitudes…
TeachAids animations were screened to 300 soldiers in military camps and 365 civilians in schools and colleges in Arunachal Pradesh, India, to increase HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, and treatment methods. The seven-day HIV/AIDS awareness program was successfully initiated by Dr. Pankaj Singh Poswal, a dedicated army doctor and liaison officer with the civil medical staff of…
Stepping Stones International shared the TeachAids animations with youth (ages 16-18) in Botswana this week to teach them about HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention methods. These students were selected for the Peer Education project as role models and leaders in their community. In Botswana, 64% of youth (ages 10-18) have been orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic….
