The latest news from our team, partners, and supporters.
TeachAids is proud to work with United Way of Hyderabad (UWH) to bring HIV education to the vulnerable urban children of Rainbow Homes. United Way is a nonprofit that seeks to advance the common good by “mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world.” Throughout the world, citizens have established almost 4,000 chapters of…
In her book Insight Out, Stanford professor Tina Seelig explores how entrepreneurs worldwide have transformed their visions into reality. Analyzing several businesses, Seelig’s work examines the genesis of TeachAids as an organization. Seelig captures how TeachAids drove experimentation with inspiration to develop effective products and processes alike. Motivated by the misconceptions about HIV in India,…
Following the TEDxWomen presentation Dr. Piya Sorcar delivered in 2014, the TeachAids founder and CEO was invited to present to the 2015 TEDWomen conference in Monterey, California. TEDWomen is a three-day TED special event conference on the power of women and girls to be creators and change-makers. More than 40 speakers offered insights and perspectives…
“One powerful moment was when I realized the girls did not fully comprehend the gravity and reality of AIDS as a serious health condition. The TeachAids material created a safe space for questions that enabled and empowered these girls to learn how to respect their bodies.”–Tia Rudd, health educator The Samburu Girls Foundation (SGF) is…
“Youth is such an exciting time. I want to encourage you to take full advantage of the opportunities around you…However, childhood also has its challenges. Too often the dreams of our youth are compromised by things like teenage pregnancy, sexual abuse, intergenerational sex, and especially HIV and AIDS. The information you need to protect yourself…
TeachAids was awarded a grant from Dream Blue Foundation (DBF) in their Education & Technology category. The foundation is an independent nonprofit organization established by BTI Solutions, Inc. and works towards improving the lives of people around the globe with the most urgent needs. Together we will expand our research-based HIV interactive software to reach…
It is with great pleasure that we announce that the video versions of the TeachAids animated software has been shown nationally throughout India, reaching millions of viewers in both rural and urban areas. With the support of both the central and state governments, and our media partners, the HIV prevention animations were shown prime time…
TeachAids year-end celebration On behalf of TeachAids, wishing everyone a joyful New Year. Thank you to all of you who helped make 2014 a year to remember. This year we launched 12 new versions of our software to provide state-of-the-art HIV prevention education to an audience of more than 500 million, partnering with numerous governments, NGOs,…
We’ve just returned from India, working with governments, NGOs, and our national teams there in preparation for World AIDS Day. India has been a major focus for us this year. With the world’s third-largest HIV-positive population, it continues to have significant challenges related to HIV and AIDS; children are still thrown out of schools for…
We are often asked to share the behind-the-scenes (BTS) efforts of our development process. In light of this, we’ve released a sneak peak into the making of the TeachAids Indian software. This video is a sneak peak into the process of developing 14 of the TeachAids animated software in 7 Indian languages. These software products…
In Uganda, the landscape for HIV continues to change. After successfully decreasing HIV prevalence rates in the 1990s, they have been on the rise since 2006. Uganda still faces a prevalence of 7.2% (10th highest globally), or 1.4 million people living with HIV (6th highest globally). Yet, less than 40% of young people in the…
“The project received overwhelming support from local community members and leaders… Also the project managed to reach the communities which were usually starved of HIV/AIDS information due to the nature of the teaching media.” – Alex Guma, Volunteer Educator Despite not having support from or affiliation with any formal organization, Alex Guma, a Ugandan transplant…
