Thousands gather to observe World AIDS Day 2004
More
than 1000 persons marched through the streets of Kingston in a strong show of
support for the World AIDS Day 2004 theme: Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS: Confronting
the Crisis. They marched from three different locations in the capital city to
gather at Emancipation Park where a huge crowd was already participating in the
National World AIDS Day exhibition. 
A
section of the large crowd marching along constant sring road on World AIDS Day. The
days' activities ended with a concert involving a wide range of well-known local
personalities from the worlds of business, religion, politics, women's rights
and entertainment. The concert, which was attended by an estimated 3000 persons,
was filled with positive messages of empowerment underscoring the need for women
to receive HIV/AIDS prevention education as well as a call to support women and
girls infected and affected by the disease. These events were
indicative of the many activities and the strong participation by members of the
pubic to World AIDS Day events across the island. | 
