South Africa

Of the 7,400 people infected with HIV each day, almost half are under the age of 25. As the single largest group infected and affected by the virus, a huge part of the potential solution lies with them. Young people are our future and dance4life, through its programmes, involves them, strengthens their voice and empowers them to take action themselves to push back the spread of HIV and AIDS. We aim to create a global youth movement of 1 million agents4change by 2014.

To truly involve young people in a solution, we have to attract them first. A global and iconic dance4life brand, which is appealing and gives them a sense of belonging to something fun and positive, is vital. We successfully bond with young people through our unique ‘4 step’ schools project that dance4life’s implementing partners offer to young people aged 13-19 around the world. This concept is characterized by the following words: inspiration. education. action. celebration – a unique approach to stop HIV & AIDS globally.

At the moment dance4life is active in 25 countries all over the world and our goal is to increase this number to 34 by 2014. South Africa was one of the first countries to set up the dance4life programme and to date we have reached 40,000 young South Africans between the ages 13 to 19 with our programme. We believe that this amount can increase substantially and that's why this year we reorganised how we implement the programme. We have new implementing partners and we will put much effort in marketing & communications to position our brand. We are aiming to work this year 2010 in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng and Western Cape.

For a short impression of our organisation and activities, please take a look at our moodclip.

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