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#1. HIV is free, why pay for it

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#2. Drug cartels have taken the driver's seat, training our young
men and women on how best to self destruct, while the larger
community watches on helplessly as these bands of renegades lead
our people towards the path of self annihilation

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#3. In their quest to hit cloud Nine, our young men and women in
their prime are gradually finding themselves on ground Zero,
emotionally battered, academically bankrupt and medically
paralyzed.

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#4. Raped at age nine by a relative and pregnant at 14 Oprah Winfrey,
like many others have experienced the wickedness and brutality of
our society. Sadly, it's an environment where blood lines no longer
hold.

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#5. The lack of stringent laws and the inefficient prosecution of
perpetrators have made it increasingly difficult for victims and their
families to get the justice they deserve.

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#6. The stigmatization and the excruciating pains of social alienation
have compelled most victims to conceal their status while the
malevolent ones continue to distribute the virus free of charge to
unsuspecting men and women

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#7. Our society has made it extremely difficult for those living
with the virus to declare their status

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#8. A planet without AIDS is possible, but to create that planet we must
do away with the vestiges of the old planet where testing positive to
the HIV virus effectively relegates an individual to the subclass of
Human society

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#9. Ensuring that young people get the right
information that will enable them make the right
choices is a responsibility all citizens must take
seriously

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#10. So many interests compete for our young people, from drug barons
to sex traffickers who are constantly looking for ways to revive their ageing workforce

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#11. Directly or indirectly, we owe these kids the responsibility of letting
them know that they are loved, and that despite the barrage of
challenges they face in a world that is constantly changing, we will
never turn our backs on them.

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#12. The Media and the internet have taken up the responsibility of molding the young ones amongst us, leaving us to pursue
the careers we treasure.

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#13. I am constantly reminded that we are a products of the choices we make

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#14. If young people are our greatest asset in a war that must be won then we
must be willing to extricate them at whatever cost from the clutches
of those who seek to exploit their weaknesses

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#15. Increasingly, the girl child is becoming an endangered specie as
pedophiles' continue to roam free in our societies terrorizing
the lives of our children and stripping them of all the joy and
excitement that comes with childhood.

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#16. The sudden surge of hormones at teenage age will continue to play an important part in the life of young people

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#17. Our actions has ensured that we made headlines for all the wrong reasons

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#18. One of the greatest challenge facing young people today, is the
large scale availability of half truth's and manipulated facts

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#19. One way to be sure you are not making the wrong decision, is to look
vertically upwards

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#20. As I'm beginning to find out, parenting is no child's play, it could
Sometimes determine whether couples continue to live together or
go their separate ways.

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#21. As the world confronts the challenges of globalisation, the
entertainment Industry and a web saturated with explicit sexual
content, is increasingly making it difficult for young people to make
informed decisions about sex

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#22. From New Delhi to New York, from Durban to Rio; women and
girls are been hunted down by rapists, abused by pedophiles and
emotionally decapitated by a society that is becoming increasingly
hostile to the womenfolk

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