Kakuma’s Women: Living in Fear 4:55
Sammy Muraya • Metro FM • Nairobi, Kenya
While performing everyday tasks such as fetching water and gathering food, women living in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya face threats of violence and rape. Muraya reports how the double stigma of rape and HIV discourage women from learning their HIV status. This story won the radio category at the CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year Award 2006.

Knowing Your Status: The Power to Act 5:36
Vijay Kumar • All India Radio • Tamil Nadu, India
Fear of testing positive for HIV deters many people from getting tested. Kumar’s story focuses on one clinic in southern India that offers quality testing and counseling. It was originally broadcast in Tamil on All India Radio and repeated several times. Listeners from all over Tamil Nadu phoned in with questions about HIV testing. The English version is voiced by Jaya Shreedhar.

A School for All Children 5:30
Anne Waithera • Radio Citizen • Nairobi, Kenya
While many schools in Kenya refuse admission to students living with HIV, parents, teachers and children at Hekima Primary School just outside Nairobi learn to accept children with HIV through AIDS education. This story won second place in the radio category of the 2004 UNESCO Red Ribbon Media Awards for HIV Reporting in Southern and Eastern Africa.

A Place to Call Home: The Politics of Adoption in Nigeria 6:06
Chinyere Ugwuegbu • Radio Nigeria Gwagwalada • Abuja, Nigeria
Ugwuegbu reports on activists working to change government adoption policy to find solutions for the thousands of Nigerian children orphaned by AIDS.

Remembering My Mother 4:51
Tadesse Adela • Addis FM 97.1 • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
An NGO in Ethiopia uses memory books to help children cope with the loss of their parents to HIV-related illnesses. Adela reports how creating a memory book helps a 12-year-old girl, Etenesh, prepare for her future. The story was originally broadcast in Amharic.