CARTOON-BASED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

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  1. Bye-bye, secrets (combined Tamil + English version)
    • A book about children living with HIV or AIDS in their family.

      What is it like when HIV or AIDS takes over a child's world? In Bye-bye Secrets, children, ranging in age from ten to twelve tell us about their experiences and about the secrets and stigmatization that have made them wise beyond their years.
      It is their hope that this book will be used to help families living in areas where professional counseling support is limited; in health-care facilities to educate and support families; in classrooms to decrease the stigma and to sensitize children and educators to the impact of HIV and AIDS on families. Above all, they want all children with HIV or AIDS in their family to know that they are not alone.

    • This material was developed through a collaboration of The Teresa Group (Canada), READ (India), the Hope Foundation and Sahaya International (USA). It has both Tamil and English text.

    • The pdf file is approx. 3 MB; (click here to open or download the pdf).

  2. Coloring book for children (with English & Tamil text)- Myths and Facts about HIV/AIDS, Part I: HIV Prevention -

    • Pdf file (approx. 4.2 MB) (click here to open or download the pdf file)

    • This coloring book has a shortened version of the full set of flipcharts with contents that are appropriate also for young children. It has both English and tamil text.

  3. Myths and Facts about HIV/AIDS, Part I (HIV Prevention) and Part II (Care & Support)

     There are different sets of these cartoons available for free downloading:

    For other translations, please check here again or contact us.
    We are very interested to make more translations...so we can use your volunteer efforts! You can make a big difference by translating these materials, and we will post them on this web site. If you have translation skills and access to computer software that allows to type in your language fonts, e-mail us at kkvanrompay@ucdavis.edu.

  4. Myths and Facts about HIV/AIDS, Part III: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT)
    • A high-resolution pdf file (approx. 25 MB) (click here to open or download)

    • A low resolution pdf file (approx. 2.5 MB) (click here to open or download)

    • Both pdf formats have cartoons on the front and only English text on the back. We are currently seeking funding and volunteers to translate these PMTCT flipcharts into Indian languages.

  5. Myths and Facts about HIV/AIDS: African and South/Central-American version

  6. Myths and Facts about HIV/AIDS Part I (HIV Prevention): Arabic version
    • Cartoons with text (approx. 5.7 MB) (click here to open or download)

      Because of the sexually graphic content of some pages, remember that it is not necessary to present all the cartoons. You are free to pick and choose only those pages that are appropriate based on your audience.

  7. Basic facts of human sexual anatomy and reproduction (Preliminary set)
    • This is only a preliminary set of cartoons, with English text, which was developed thanks to the assistance of several of Sahaya's volunteers and experts in reproductive health (click here). As funding becomes available, we plan to develop additional cartoons to cover the remaining topics in human reproduction and sexual health.
    • Sahaya International encourages others to use these cartoons to meet your local needs, e.g. for slide presentations, in printed materials (such as pamphlets, brochures), provided the materials that have been reproduced are distributed free or at cost (not for profit), and that Sahaya International is acknowledged as a source of these cartoons. We appreciate receiving a copy of any materials in which these cartoons have been used.
    • Any organization or person who wishes to copy or reproduce these cartoons of human reproduction for commercial purposes (with profit) must first obtain permission from Sahaya International.

    • The cartoons on sexual health are available in high- and low-resolution format:
    • We encourage translation of these materials in other languages. If you are interested in using the original cartoons without the English words, then please contact us.
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