World AIDs Day

[Bumblebee]

Well today is World AIDs day, and to mark it a very colourful parade was held here in Pattaya in the late afternoon. It made its way along Beach Rd, down Walking St ending up at a concert at Bale Hi.

Lets have a look at some of the event.

[Bumblebee]

Some more.

[Bumblebee]

It was quite an interesting afternoon.

[Bumblebee]

Some more from this afternoon.

[pacman]

The sexy Fah on the right above...      

I hate hearing the word AIDS & her name in the same breath but it is the reality the girls live in...      

[Bumblebee]

Some more from the day.

[TTChang]

Thanks for posting the pics, BB.   Not quite sure what Pacman means by his post on this thread  

[pacman]

  Please don't try & read too much into my comment, it really isn't hard to understand.

Just like there is no World Aids Day Parade down the streets of Tunbridge Wells because it isn't synonymous with an HIV problem, there is a Parade down the streets of Pattaya because it is synonymous with HIV.

Therefore as much as I like Fah & lots of LOS gals, their reality is they contend with this pernicious evil every day.

I don't mean to spoil the mood of BB's fine photos but let's keep it real here fellas...      

[harley quinn]

The difference between Pattaya and Tunbridge Wells (where I spent December 1st - just lucky I guess) apart from about 25degrees of heat is that in TW I was approached by a scruffy arse in a kagoul proffering a tray of ribbons wheras in Patts they had a parade of hot ladyboys.

Then again I was freezing me nads off so anything happening in a warm place sounded good yesterday.

[UpToMe]

(pacman @ Dec. 01 2009,20:02) I hate hearing the word AIDS & her name in the same breath

Well, you said it, not the photographer!  

[Bumblebee]

Some more from the day.

[bkk]

There just has to be something wrong about hookers dressing like hookers on World Aids Day in a parade to highlight the dangers of the virus  

[trobriand]

A bit of surprisingly good news on world aids day from Gambia


Aji Fatou Faal and Fatoumata Mbenga 2 December 2009
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yayha Jammeh, has disclosed that over 98% of the country's population is HIV negative.

He described this as a source of motivation for our collective actions and also noted that it is a real challenge to ensure that this majority remains HIV free. These remarks of the president were contained in a statement read on his behalf by the minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Abubakar Gaye on the observance of the World AIDS Day at the Tallinding Buffer Zone in Serrekunda East, yesterday.

He implored all and sundry to ensure that we demonstrate our proactive roles to collectively reverse the HIV/AIDS pandemic in our beloved Gambia. He added that the government of The Gambia is acting on her promise at the 2006 United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS, to scale up towards Universal Access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support by 2010. He went on to reveal that as of 2009, the government established nine ART sites for access to antiretroviral treatment across the country and services sites to provide and prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, as well as 34 sites for providing voluntary counseling and testing in The Gambia (public and private).

World AIDS Day, he reminded the gathering, is a day that was created by the UN system and the world at large to focus on global awareness of the pandemic and generate positive action to stop the spread of HIV and eradicate AIDS. "According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children," he revealed.

He further revealed that during 2007 some 2.7 million people became newly infected with the virus, adding that around half of all those who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35. A vast majority of people with HIV and AIDS live in lower and middle-income countries. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents," he said.

The Gambian leader also mentioned the fact that twenty-eight years into the epidemic today, AIDS continues to challenge all of our efforts as for every two people who start taking antiretroviral drugs, another five become newly infected. Unless we take urgent steps to intensify HIV prevention we will fail to sustain the gains of the past few years, and universal access will simply be a noble aspiration, he remarked. According to him, HIV/AIDS is a supremely complex issue that demands concerted efforts from all sectors of society. He concluded that in sub-Saharan Africa alone, the epidemic has orphaned nearly 12 million children aged less than 18 years.

[johanns]

Thanks for the pics, it is good to raise awareness and not just our cocks. I had a friend here in Canada die of Aids...It was a horrible way to go and it was tough to see. Lets all have fun and be careful.

[Ozzie]

Nice pics BB who is that in post 6 pic 2

I think she is the same one in post 2 pic 2