Blogswana : Blogging HIV / AIDS Education in Botswana

Blogswana is a project to increase HIV/AIDS education in the African country of Botswana through blogging, under the auspices of the Committee to Protect Bloggers.

Introducing the Blogswana Project, they say –

The one-year pilot project will work with a group of about 20 college students from one of the major universities, and provide them with blogging and journalism expertise and guidance. They would commit to a year of “blogging for others.” Each student participant would start their own blog, as well as a blog for their “partner” (the person for whom they will blog). Each partner would be someone who has been effected in some way by the AIDS virus. The 20 pairs of blogs would be linked to a common blog. The latest post from each of the non-student blogs would be funneled to the Blogswana blog.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is spreading in Botswana and they say the Government of Botswana has collaborated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Merck Company Foundation to form The African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership (ACHAP) that works to decrease HIV incidence and increase the rate of diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Blogging, AIDS and Botswana – that is Blogswana for you!