12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:46:50 GMT

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12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference

Keren Dunaway was 5 when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus - and so did she.

Now the 12-year-old is one of the most prominent AIDS activists in Latin America and a rarity in a region where few children are willing to break the silence and tell their classmates they have HIV for fear of rejection. She edits a children's magazine on the virus.

On Sunday evening, Keren shares the stage with the Mexican president and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as they open an international AIDS conference.

"It's like a little ball that has little dots, and is inside me, sort of swimming inside me," she said in an interview with The Associated Press, curling her fist as she recalls what her parents explained to her with drawings long ago.

Worldwide, people ages 15-24 accounted for 45 percent of people infected with HIV in 2007

Latin America, 55,000 of the nearly 2 million people with the virus were under 15 years

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Teacher Gifts That Say 'Great Job!'

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:05:07 GMT

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Teacher Gifts That Say 'Great Job!'

From Robin McClure,
Your Guide to Child Care.
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Best Teacher Gifts Take Thought and Preparation

1) Consider giving a disposable camera and a coupon for development to take pictures of kids in the classroom as a creative and sure-to-be-used teacher gift.

2) Make up a movie night package by getting an unpopped popcorn tub and fill it with snack items, drink, and free movie rental from your area video store.

3) Purchase a book for your school's library at your child's reading level and dedicate it to the classroom as a unique and sure-to-be-appreciated teacher gift.

4) Send a teacher gift donation in the instructor's name to a charity.

5) Ask parents to pool resources and come up with a teacher gift from the class or camp.

6) Consider giving a teacher gift certificate - something you know will be welcomed.

7) Place some pretty bedding flowers (choose what is seasonally appropriate

8) Make something!

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12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference

12-year-old with HIV to open world AIDS conference

Teacher Gifts That Say 'Great Job!'

Teacher Gifts That Say 'Great Job!'

Best Teacher Gifts Take Thought and Preparation