The student representatives of the winning schools pose for a souvenir photograph with Soroptimist club members

The Soroptimist International Club has presented prizes to the winning schools who participated in its Aids Awareness competition.

The presentation ceremony took place Friday December 5 at the Ministry of Education and Youth in front of Soroptimist club members and student representatives from the winning schools.

Five schools participated in the competition with posters, poems, slogans, essays and audio and visual recordings.

Pointe Larue won first prize for their showing in the competition, claiming a computer. Praslin Secondary School received a television as second prize and Plaisance Secondary School earned a DVD player for third prize. La Digue won the consolation prize of R1,200.

The Soroptimist club decided to launch the competition as part of its "Awareness, Advocacy and Action" motto, with the competition aiming to create awareness of the disease among youth.

In the competition, students had to project their knowledge and concerns about Aids, how to protect themselves against the disease and the plights of victims and their relatives and friends.

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