The World Starts With Me
Encyclopedia
The World Starts With Me is a computer-based sex education
and AIDS
prevention program aimed at young Uganda
ns, developed and produced by Butterfly Works Foundation and the World Population Foundation
(a Dutch non-governmental organization
) in association with Ugandan Schoolnet.
It has so far reached children all around the globe and Kenyans have now joined in the learning process. Teenagers get to learn more about their bodies and they also learn about sexually transmitted diseases. This helps in showing teenagers the consequences of having unprotected sex. It is a great way of letting teenagers learn.
In 2004, it won a Prix Ars Electronica
Golden Nica for Digital Communities.
Sex education
Sex education refers to formal programs of instruction on a wide range of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, reproductive health, emotional relations, reproductive rights and responsibilities, abstinence, contraception, and...
and AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
prevention program aimed at young Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
ns, developed and produced by Butterfly Works Foundation and the World Population Foundation
World Population Foundation
The World Population Foundation was founded in 1987 in the Netherlands by Diana and Roy W Brown. Their purpose was to create an organisation to draw attention to the effects of high birth rates and rapid population growth on maternal and infant mortality, communities and the environment, and to...
(a Dutch non-governmental organization
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
) in association with Ugandan Schoolnet.
It has so far reached children all around the globe and Kenyans have now joined in the learning process. Teenagers get to learn more about their bodies and they also learn about sexually transmitted diseases. This helps in showing teenagers the consequences of having unprotected sex. It is a great way of letting teenagers learn.
In 2004, it won a Prix Ars Electronica
Prix Ars Electronica
The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music...
Golden Nica for Digital Communities.