Rowland, a multi-platinum selling artist and founder member of the greatest female group of all time in the history of music, Destiny’s Child, revealed the 2008 grantees at a press conference at the Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski, Dar es Salaam during her trip this week to visit Tanzania projects and grantees funded by the MTV Staying Alive Foundation. The global charity’s mission is to encourage and enable/support young people who are involved in HIV and AIDS awareness, education and prevention campaigns.
Staying Alive Foundation Awards are presented to individuals or groups who are relentless in their mission to encourage, educate and empower their peers in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Each Staying Alive Grant recipient receives a cash grant from the Staying Alive Foundation to enable them to realize a project associated with raising the awareness about HIV/AIDS. The Tanzanian recipients of the 2008 Staying Alive Foundation Awards are:
ELIZABETH YOUTH GROUP – First time grantees Elizabeth Youth Group is a project led by Eliza, a young HIV+ Tanzanian woman. Eliza, an ex-sex worker, now dedicates her life to working with high-risk youth such as sex workers and drug users, educating and empowering them with information about HIV/AIDS. Over the next 12, the project will educate 100 young people to become peer educators, hold two workshops on HIV, organize screenings of the documentary on Eliza’s life and organize two drama presentations, a concert and a music show to mark world AIDS Day.
TAYOPA – Kelly will also be meeting with TAYOPA, who received their Staying Alive Foundation grant in December 2007. TAYOPA is an organization set up in Dar es Salaam by HIV+ youth who use drama, music and storytelling to inform young people about HIV.
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