So many issues: World AIDS Day is a big deal here and free condoms and HIV testing are everywhere EXCEPT the Church is against condom distribution and HIV testing but the children from the various religious schools were brought to the fair. Their message is abstinence but the kids sure have a very different view.
There is a wonderful organization called Belize Family Life Association with offices across from the Catholic Church--providing contraceptive and reproductive services gratis. So contradictions abound! These are the kids surrounding our booth; and the picture is the local police officer who had this great T shirt (Men Working in a typical construction sign and subtitle: Share Responsibility at Home). One of his women co-workers said: "it is just a T shirt" but I'm not so sure--he is about to have his first child and is taking leave to be there for a while.
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