On Thursday March 18 the Swedish School is having a theme night for house hold staff. The event starts with a movie at 15.30 hrs and will be followed with a work shop / discussion lead by Mrs Caroline Simumba from the HIV/AIDS-team at the Swedish Embassy. Please send your staff (maids, nannies, gardeners, cooks, etc) and their kids (at least 10 years old) to this afternoon event.
More information on the movie
”Shuga” is about the lives and loves of a group of cool young students whose bright lives and fabulous futures are balanced on a knife-edge due to their love of risk and danger. It is a story of love, sex, Friday nights and the indelible marks we leave on one another.
The movie gives a raw view of the lives of sexually active young Kenyans, illuminating the risks of unprotected sex and the party hard lifestyle of urban Kenyan youth. All the main acts at one point or another have to face the reality of HIV/AIDS – either they have been put at risk or have put themselves at risk. It is first about Ayira, who is an ambitious student who will do anything to get what she wants including engaging in risky sexual behaviour. Then it is about Skola, a spoilt, rich, fun young man, who hosts the campus radio show. He has gotten away with reckless behaviour all his life. The third part focuses on Virginia. She is gorgeous, very much in love with Kenneth. All the boys think she is a virgin and want to sleep with her. Virginia hides a dark secret.
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The theme focuses on the importance of knowing one’s HIV status. It discusses how HIV is spread, the incubation period and where to get tested. “If you love yourself, get tested,” Shuga actor Anthony Mwangi advises.
”Shuga” is part of the MTV Staying Alive global HIV and Aids education and prevention campaign, GPANGE and UNICEF.
Movie Title: Shuga
Script Writer: Amanda Lane
Producer: Desiree Markgraaff
Director: Tebeho Mahlats
Casting Director: Lenny Juma
Duration: 66 Minutes
More information to be found at the following links:
http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/MTVLudo/videos/MTV_PROMO_KENYA_MIX_SQUARE.mov/view
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/lifestyle/entertainment_news/local_e-news/4430-mtv_series_shuga_starts_screening_on_local_tv.html
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