Fight AIDS with Ungefanyaje

The World Health Organization (WHO) on its global report last May stated that close to 40 million people around the world suffer from AIDS, whether they are aware of it or not. The saddest thing about this number is 2.3 million of those are children 15 years old and below. They should be playing Sims or Mario or whatever, dying young just isn’t right.

In a battle many feel we are losing, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) turns to new methods of attack and weapons against this common enemy. Recently, the global organization just announced the launch of a computer game which can be played online that aims to help young people combat sexually transmitted diseases. Available both in English and Swahili version, you can actually take a look at the game by clocking on the link below.

“Translating the game into Swahili makes it accessible to East African adolescents and young people,” said Voices of Youth (VOY) representative Amber Oliver. For a decade now, VOY has been looking and actually testing the potential of the Internet when it comes to education and community development. Of the 2.3 million mentioned above, 2 million are African kids.

The game “Ungefanyaje?” or “What would you do?” in English has been receiving good responses from those who’ve seen and tried it. Some suggestions as of now include making a mobile phone version as well as the need to use a form of Swahili comprehensible across the region.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on its global report last May stated that close to 40 million people around the world suffer from AIDS, whether they are aware of it or not. The saddest thing about this number is 2.3 million of those are children 15 years old and below. They should be playing Sims or Mario or whatever, dying young just isn’t right.

In a battle many feel we are losing, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) turns to new methods of attack and weapons against this common enemy. Recently, the global organization just announced the launch of a computer game which can be played online that aims to help young people combat sexually transmitted diseases. Available both in English and Swahili version, you can actually take a look at the game by clocking on the link below.

“Translating the game into Swahili makes it accessible to East African adolescents and young people,” said Voices of Youth (VOY) representative Amber Oliver. For a decade now, VOY has been looking and actually testing the potential of the Internet when it comes to education and community development. Of the 2.3 million mentioned above, 2 million are African kids.

The game “Ungefanyaje?” or “What would you do?” in English has been receiving good responses from those who’ve seen and tried it. Some suggestions as of now include making a mobile phone version as well as the need to use a form of Swahili comprehensible across the region.