APPENDIX ONE: The Scenarios from the Sahel contest bookletScenarios from The Sahel: Working in Partnership to Stop AIDSReplication Guide Dakar, Senegal - April 1999 Scenarios from the Sahel - National and International Contest HIV/AIDS is taking a terrible toll on our region. Together, with your commitment and creativity, we can put a brake on it. SCENARIOS FROM THE SAHEL is a project which fights against AIDS. One of its goals is to produce new video films to teach our families, our friends and our communities. These videos, created by great film makers of the region, will be based directly on YOUR ideas - YOUR scenarios. Writing a scenario is giving a story or an idea for a film. IT'S OVER TO YOU! How To Participate In The Scenarios From The Sahel Contest The contest will take place in Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso from the 7 April to 7 June 1997 inclusive. This contest is open to all young people up to the age of 24 (to anyone born after 7 April 1973). Participants are invited to submit original ideas for short video films up to 5 minutes in length to be shown on television and at the cinema. The films will also be translated into national languages and shown during AIDS prevention activities. It's up to you to choose the form in which you present your ideas: a story, a dialogue, a series of drawings (including cartoons), a song... anything is possible as long as the text is in French. It's up to you too to decide on the tone of your contribution: serious or funny, sad or inspiring.... We suggest that you consult information services on HIV/AIDS and individuals in your family or area who can help. Don't forget it's scenarios FROM THE SAHEL that we're looking for. The ideas can be presented by individuals or by a team of people working together. Working in a team has advantages: for example, if someone wants to participate in the contest, but would like some help with writing in French, he or she can join forces with other people. Each team must choose a leader who will represent it. The participant (or team leader) should fill in the attached questionnaire. Your answers to this questionnaire will in no way influence your chances of winning. They will just provide us with your contact details and help us to plan AIDS prevention activities in the future. To participate in the contest, you need to send in two things: your scenario and your completed questionnaire. Put them in an envelope. They must reach the address indicated on the back of this brochure by 7 June 1997. Scenarios without a completed questionnaire or received after 7 June 1997 will not be considered by the jury. Each scenario must consist of a maximum of 10 pages (5 sheets from a standard exercise book of around 22 x 16 cm written on both sides). Please note that you can say a great deal in very few words. Please write clearly. Any scenario that is not legible cannot be submitted to the jury. Write your name (or the name of the team leader) at the top of each page. The following situations are offered as starting points for your scenarios. Each scenario that corresponds to one of these situations should indicate its number in the appropriate space on the questionnaire. You are under no obligation to choose one of the suggested situations. If your contribution is on a subject that is does not appear in the list of suggestions write the number 27 in the space provided. 1. He/she wants to speak with his/her parents about HIV/AIDS and finds some clever ways of starting up a discussion. 2. I've just learned that someone I know well is living with HIV/AIDS... 3. He/she says that AIDS does not exist. How can you convince him/her that it does? 4. They are in love. How do they get round to talking about HIV/AIDS? 5. He had two wives and lots of children and he has just died of AIDS. What future for his family? 6. Despite the protests of several members of the community, our religious leader (imam/priest/other) is doing everything he can to help a family affected by HIV/AIDS.... 7. He/she refuses to slip into despair. He/she is living positively with HIV/AIDS... 8. Your little brother cannot understand : a person can have HIV for years without falling ill, but during this time he/she can, in certain ways, pass the virus on to others. How can you explain all that in terms which he will be able to understand? 9. Someone in our community is living with HIV/AIDS, and everyone knows..... 10. Some older members of the community who continue certain traditional practices (scarification, excision, tatooing) are unaware of the risks of transmitting HIV. How can you explain these to them, whilst showing them your respect? 11. He/she would like to abstain from sex until marriage, but his/her friends think that's silly. 12. Forced marriages and HIV/AIDS... 13. She is young. He is much older. He has money and gives her presents. He has no intention of marrying her.... 14. He wants to sleep with her and does everything he can to try and persuade her. She wants to wait, and has a good reply for each of his arguments... 15. How to protect yourself? Don't have sex; both be faithful; use a condom each time...? 16. He/she wants him to use a condom. How do they get round to talking it about it? 17. He/she has several sexual partners. 18. The risks we run (increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, risk of sterility...) if we don't get STIs (sexually transmitted infections) treated properly and promptly... 19. He/she wants to protect him/herself against HIV, but at the party there are all sorts of drinks and drugs.... 20. Getting tested: What are the advantages? How should one prepare oneself? 21. The vulnerability of women in our society: she's familiar with the dangers of HIV/AIDS, but in her (social, economic, family) situation, how can she protect herself? 22. He/she looks for work in the city. He/she finds sexual exploitation... 23. Buying condoms isn't always that simple! 24. A friend tells you about his/her visit to the clinic to get an STI (sexually transmitted infection) treated... 25. A young woman explains women's vulnerability to HIV linked to excision and becoming sexually active at a young age... 26. HIV/AIDS and levirat (when a women, upon the death of her husband, is given in marriage to her brother-in-law)... 27. DON'T FORGET: YOU CAN WRITE ON WHATEVER HIV/AIDS-RELATED SUBJECT YOU WANT. YOU DON'T NEED TO LIMIT YOURSELF TO THE ABOVE SUBJECTS. IF YOU HAVE A GOOD IDEA WHICH CORRESPONDS TO NONE OF THE ABOVE SUBJECTS, GO AHEAD! Prize-Winners The scenarios will be submitted to a jury composed of HIV/AIDS prevention and audio-visual specialists. The 50 winners or winning teams (one prize will be given to each winning team) in the national contests in each country will receive a certificate and a souvenir of the project. The scenarios of these winners will go on to the regional contest which will take place in July 1997. The organisers will announce the names of the 30 winners of the international contest in August 1997. Each winner or winning team (one prize per team) will receive a prize of FCFA 50 000 (around US$100), in addition to surprises. The winners of the national and international contest will receive their prizes by the end of October 1997 at the address indicated on their questionnaire. Prizes won by teams will be delivered to the team leader. Copyright All contributions received _ and any intellectual property rights vested in them _ will become the property of GDT, which reserves the right to publish them in any form in the context of HIV/AIDS prevention activities, duly mentioning the author's (or team leader's) name. The winners authorize the organisers to use their name, first name and address for publicity purposes. SCENARIOS FROM THE SAHEL is organised by GDT (The Global Dialogues Trust, charity registered in England, No. 1056193). SCENARIOS FROM THE SAHEL was inspired by the project 3000 SCENARIOS AGAINST A VIRUS, of Médecins du Monde, CRIPS and their partners. The contest SCENARIOS FROM THE SAHEL is carried out with the support of : UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)
GDT reserves the right, exercisable entirely at its discretion, to cancel the contest or the production of the videos in part or in its entirety, without liability on its part, in the event of a change in circumstances beyond its control. The terms and conditions of this contest are governed by and are to be interpreted in accordance with English law. Please return your scenario and completed questionnaire to the address below:
Please fill in this questionnaire after you have completed your scenario.
I have chosen number ........ from the list of suggested topics. 1. Contact Details Name:..........................................................
Your complete address in your city, town or village: ............................................................ I am currently attending an educational establishment: 9YES 9NO If your answer is YES. The name of my school is............................................................
If your answer is NO. My current occupation is.............................................................
I am married YES9 NO9 If I want to watch television, I can do it
2. Scenarios from the Sahel
If you are working in a group, please indicate:
The number of males in your group:...... The number of females in yourgroup:... How you know each other:................................................. 2.2 I heard about the SCENARIOS FROM THE SAHEL contest (Tick all the appropriate boxes) 9 on the radio 9 on the television 9 in a newspaper or magazine
2.3 Where did you obtain your copy of the contest leaflet?.......................................... 3. Information on HIV/AIDS 3.1 Where have you received information on HIV/AIDS? (Tick all the appropriate boxes.) 9 from my mother or father 9 from my brother or sister
3.2 In what way have you received information on HIV/AIDS?
9 on the radio 9 on the television 9 in newspapers
3.3 Have you tried to expand on the information you received? 9 YES 9 NO
3.4 Where have you received THE MOST information on HIV/AIDS?
3.5 Where have you received THE MOST USEFUL information on HIV/AIDS?
3.6 Where WOULD YOU LIKE to learn more about HIV/AIDS? (From whom would you prefer to receive information?)
3.7 On what subject in relation to HIV/AIDS would you like more information?
3.8 I have discussed AIDS with (Tick all the appropriate boxes.) 9 your mother or father 9 your brother or sister
3.9 I know someone who is living with HIV/AIDS 9 YES 9NO 9 I DON'T KNOW
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