I am a Zambian girl; my name is Jude Zulu and I am 18 years old. In school I only went up to Grade 6. I come from a vulnerable family of 6 children.

I am very active and interested in sports, I play football in the Never Give Up Football League and I run in the Never Give Up Cross Country Circuit. My dream is to become a coach in the future for the upcoming football stars.

I love sport and I think it is very important for many reasons:

• I enjoyed sports from my childhood, it is life to me,
• it is in my blood;
• Football and any other sport can speak any language in the world,
• it helps you communicate with other people,
• it has no borders, no boundaries;
• Sports strenghten the body, it also helps to broaden the mind in terms of thinking;
• Excercise helps preventing some diseases and it keeps the body strong;
• Sports can also allow you the be recognized at a local and international level;
• Through sport, someone can receive help for education, sport and employment.

BENEFIT OF GOING FOR AN HIV TEST!

• When you know your status, you will be able to plan your future.
• If you test positive, you can take measures to avoid passing on the HIV virus to your unborn child or baby.
• When you know your status, you will avoid passing on the infection to others and getting re- infected yourself.
• Knowing your status will help you get treatment when you need it.
• When you are HIV negative, you will take steps to remain negative.

A team from Comet Champs came to Kafue Day on Saturday 5th May to provide Volunteer Counseling and Testing. Part of the Never Give Up Football League program is the sensitization on HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness, so the presence of VCT made the peer educators` activities even more special and relevant as the participants and the spectators could find out their HIV status. Need To Know bands were distributed to all those who accessed the VCT. Most football players left the ground proudly wearing the band, excited and empowered thanks to the counseling and advice received by the peer educators and counselors. Regina Chipwele, coach of the Chiparamba team as well as Kafue Day ground coordinator, reports: “We appreciated the presence of Champs who were doing the VCT. The youths after being advised on abstinence willingly went for testing of their status. Well done organizers!”