http://africa.blogs.bftf.org Just another Ben Franklin Institute weblog Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:11:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://africa.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/28/us-media-and-aids-in-africa/ “On World AIDS Day and throughout the year, we stand with our friends and partners around the world in the urgent struggle to fight this virus, comfort those who are affected, and save lives.” - President George W. Bush World AIDS Day December 1, 2006 On January 28, 2003, President Bush announced the ... http://africa.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/28/presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief/ This is the question we submitted to the CNN+YouTube GOP Presidential debate. It was a question about President Bush's edict that a large fraction of the PEPFAR money go exclusively to promote ABSTINENCE and FIDELITY as a preventive measure. The dificulty however is that the edict from President Bush is ... http://africa.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/27/our-cnnyoutube-question/ This is a snippet of the trouble that we went through just to record our question. Its halarious. Enjoy!! http://africa.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/27/the-hassle-of-making-a-cnnyoutube-video/ 26 of July. Today was a wonderful day of working. We got our question taped and edited which was a big relief. It was really stressful for me (Heather) because I got kind of nervous on camera. Recording the question was a great part of my experience in this ... http://africa.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/26/abc-video/ The day started with our Advocacy classes. All the BFTF participants learned how to work on debate questions to the CNN+YouTube GOP Presidential debates. Everyone had the opportunity to choose their topics of interest and subsequently divided into various sub-groups based on our various interests. My group,'HIV and AIDS ... http://africa.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/26/day-1-in-our-group/