Why This AIDS Champion Is Conflicted About World AIDS Day
Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, the founder of an HIV/AIDS nonprofit in Uganda, thinks World AIDS Day could be bigger and better.
When Twesigye Jackson Kaguri started a HIV/AIDS nonprofit in his native Uganda 2001, he didn't know what World AIDS Day was.
Then December 1 came around, and he quickly figured it out.
Other AIDS groups were organizing walks, marches and fundraisers on December 1. They were raising money and raising awareness. So he thought to himself: "Oh my God, we are missing out." Should his group, Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project, join in, too?
All these years later, his answer is yes ... but with doubts about the day itself and the public reaction to it.
Kaguri has come to see that the U.N.-mandated event is a good way globally. His group usually uses World AIDS Day to raise extra donations by sharing the stories of the people they support.
