Episode 12 – Synopsis

This week, we acknowledge courage and the will to overcome obstacles and challenges in your life. Imagine Afrika pays tribute to all those young people who live everyday with courage and a passion for life despite physical or mental disabilities or the loss of their caregivers and parents. Then there are the many young people who live positively with HIV, who manage the disease by taking their medication on time, and have a positive, healthy lifestyle that keeps them focussed on their dreams. Way to go guys!

Koffie in Ivory Coast has found a way to live with a physical disability and enjoy life with self-respect and dignity. We admire Koffie’s ability to fit right in there with everyone else, proving that he has got game on and off the basketball court, showing off his skills with his event planning. It just goes to show that only you can limit yourself through what you believe you can and cannot do. So why not go for it and follow your dreams no matter what people say?

Stigma is a form of discrimination that can harm and even cripple people’s lives. It shows a lack of insight in those who discriminate and impacts on the lives and happiness of people living with HIV. In this week’s episode all our characters are putting together cool campaigns to reach their peers to stamp out stigma – something which is really all about ignorance.

To fight that ignorance and create greater awareness, the team in Ivory Coast have included a drive to get people to come and test and know their status as this is the first step towards taking responsibility for ones future and life. Models, stylists, talented musicians and government ministers meet as the campaign reaches a high note with a great event and lots of fun for everyone.

But how will the campaign be received by the community? Who will break the loyalty of the team and who will be worked right out of the team at the last minute? A few surprises coming up! Just like their fellow Imagine Afrika characters in Uganda, the crew in Ivory Coast have realised that the media matters and can do a lot to build and promote your message and event.

In Uganda, it is time for the super all-girl team to stand up and blow their own trumpets! They went out there and did it. These gals have stuck to their guns and gone on their mission without holding back because they felt their peers needed to know. This week we see the grand finale unfold and get to share in the realisation of their dream.

This week we also get to meet a confident young Ugandan woman who challenges stigma on every level. See Jackie reveal her experience with a hard challenge, and how she overcame the lowest point in her life.

It is really moving to see how in Botswana, Kitso has reached out to Peo and wants to comfort her when she drops her tough guard and cries. Without an identity document, life is hard and you become invisible. Kitso knows this and he will not give up pushing and motivating Peo.

Ordinary heroes are everywhere amongst us – they’re right there in your life, beside you in your community and even in your home. They are moving forward no matter what. And that includes YOU!

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