Youth Visioning is a process whereby young people living in small islands envision how they would like to see their islands develop and change over the coming decade; and then work to implement their proposals and plans on the ground in their islands. Youth Visioning seeks to build capacity among island youth; to give youth a voice in sustainable development matters; and to make positive changes at the local and national level. One of the follow-up projects of YV in the Caribbean is "Raising awareness through youth for youth on HIV/AIDS, St. Lucia".

The aim is to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS among our youth and reduce the stigmatization of victims.

Objectives:

- To educate youth on issues dealing with HIV/AIDS in collaboration with partners e.g. National Youth Council, Red Cross and AIDS Action Foundation

- To promote the importance of HIV/AIDS testing among youth.

- To reduce discrimination against HIV/AIDS victims.

- To appeal to the government to change the sex consent age from sixteen (16) to eighteen (18).

Activities:

- Collaborate with National Youth Council, St Lucia Junior Pride, Red Cross and the AIDS Action Foundation to implement the activities.

- Coordinate a song competition on HIV/AIDS issues for young people with prizes and publicly broadcast the winning song(s).

- Organize two panel discussions on HIV/AIDS with youth from local peer counseling groups.

- Publicize the activities through local radio, television and newspapers.

- Evaluate the impact of the activity by asking a minimum of 60 youth to complete a survey on their knowledge of HIV/AIDS before and after the two panel discussions and report on the results of the evaluation.

- Provide UNESCO with photographs and at least 60 minutes video footage of the activity.

- Investigate and report on ways of continuing this activity in the future.

Project proposal: http://www.unesco.org/csi/YV/projects/st-lucia/st-lucia_proj.pdf

Workplan and budget: http://www.unesco.org/csi/YV/projects/st-lucia/st-lucia-workplan-budget.pdf

Youth Visioning for Island Living: http://www.unesco.org/csi/YV/