Italian born artist Marco Santaniello -who lives in New York City now- is a big supporter of Designers against AIDS and as a surprise he created this portrait of me wearing the T-shirt that Robert Smith of The Cure designed for DAA back in 2005. 

When my partner Peter and I visited Bali for the first time in 2008, to get married in a Balinese ceremony and to get away from the stress in our home country Belgium, little did we know that it would change our lives: 

A patient in Malawi has a better chance than a patient in Saint Petersburg

The HIV epidemic is spreading rapidly in Eastern Europe. 

Tokio Hotel and their fans have been supporting Designers against AIDS (DAA) since the spring of 2009 and they have helped us raise awareness about HIV/AIDS among young people worldwide and helped raise funds to start up our International HIV/AIDS Awareness Education Center in Antwerp, Belgium where we train students in how to make creative safe sex campaigns using pop culture.

As it has been some time ago that Tokio Hotel took part to ‘Fashion against AIDS’ and made their Youtube video for DAA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7DKk6NQkjI), we have decided on a special online competition for the upcoming spring, where you can win great prizes by thinking up a safe sex slogan that DAA can use in their next campaign and by making a small donation of 2 euros to Designers against AIDS, money that we will use for upcoming workshops, for instance to pay for flights for young, talented students from a poor country who otherwise can’t attend a workshop with us. 

The University of Antwerp has created a new HIV-Vaccin. 

The EASt event was held at a quirky bar in the heart of the funky Shoreditch neighbourhood, so most people attending belonged to London’s top creative minds. 

25 januari 2012

Interview met Ninette Murk van DAA (Designers Against Aids) gemodereerd door Katrin Derboven.

Ontvangst: 

Right on time for World AIDS Day JBC announced the second part of their charity collection 'DAA by JBC': 

Yesterday was World AIDS day, which means that HIV/AIDS was back in some of the mainstream media, at least on this date. 

Since 2001, 12 countries have allowed same sex marriage as well as some states in the USA. 

Venus Perez
http://www.venusperez.com/

Venus Perez, copyright, publisher and author of the book 'I'm Still Here' has produced a 2nd edition to her book.

In her book, Ms. 

The Jakarta Post reports that two clinics are now in operation in Bali dedicated to serving gay men, drug users and commercial sex workers as part of efforts to curb the number of HIV/AIDS cases on the island.
A clinic located on Jalan Kalianget No. 

Antwerpen Centraal was a buzz with young people yesterday who wanted to test their skills in a virtual pillow fight with Belgian top model Hannelore Knuts.

The promo stunt was the creation of DAA and much loved Belgian fashion brand JBC to launch their first collection as part of a new collaboration DAAbyJBC available in JBC stores on the 1st of November.
25% of sales will go towards DAA initiatives which utilise pop culture to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS amongst young people worldwide.

The majestic ticket hall was decked out with a large projection screen and a sensor that when activated would display a virtual Hannelore holding a very large feather-filled pillow. 

Designers against AIDS and JBC are launching their first collection of homewear and lingerie 'DAAbyJBC' & their campaign with a brilliant and innovative video (made with the help of the technical team who also created the special effects for 'Pirates of the Caribbean'!