Mexico

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dance4life Mexico’s NCO is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and schools4life is taking place in Mexico City right now, in collaboration with local NGO’s such as Ave de México and Mexfam, and has extended to 20 schools in Mexico City and the State of Mexico in 2008. On 29th November, the first dance4life event will be taking place, with the bands “La Gusana Ciega”, “La Lupita” and DJ Fernando Cervantes - DJ Raya, from Los 40 Principales playing

In November 2007 there was a small dance4life event with about 500 young people from schools4life attending. dance4life Mexico also participated in the National AIDS Congress in Leon, Guanajuato around World AIDS Day.

Yolí Sánchez Neyoy, Consultant from UNFPA working on dance4life Mexico, is really excited about dance4life:
“dance4life’s launch in Mexico is a task of great responsibility. We are planning to reach at least 24,600 young people in two and a half years, and challenges abound. The main challenges are, firstly, creating an advocacy environment that generates all the support necessary for this initiative, and secondly, motivating youth to become proactive agents of change, which is, after all, the heart of the project.

“Fortunately, we are not starting completely from scratch. Government and Civil Society Organizations already have youth programmes targeting HIV, AIDS and youth, and both the government and the private sector are well aware of the importance of prevention as an efficient strategy to respond to HIV and AIDS. But nevertheless, the concept of dance4life is unique in that it unites, coordinates and reinforces elements, normally used in an individual manner, into one dynamic and uniform effort.”

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