Music CD promotes AIDS awareness

Educating truck drivers about the importance of taking effective precautions against HIV/AIDS is part and parcel of the Walvis Bay Corridor Group’s mission – and a recent initiative using music CDs is bound to find favour with its target market. The American Embassy’s public affairs division donated 500 Namibia Live Music CDs featuring local tracks performed by some of Namibia’s finest artists but preceded by an HIV/AIDS related message. The Walvis Bay Corridor Group HIV/AIDS Help Desk, in collaboration with Namibia’s Roads Authority, is making sure that each truck driver passing through the weighbridge is presented with a copy of the CD to listen to as they continue on their long journey. “As part of its social responsibility the Help Desk will continue to implement feasible interventions for the transport sector to assist especially the most vulnerable groups like the truck drivers,” said WBCG’s Agnetha Mouton.