On Friday, October 17, sports lovers in Ndola came to cheer youths under the DAPP Youth in Action as the project hosted its 2025 Annual Youth Sports Gala at Mapalo Grounds under the theme; “The Power of Sports: Transforming Lives, Empowering Youths.

“My name is Tamara Ruth Kaparu.

A towering billboard near parliament features a smiling young construction worker holding a pill box with a simple message: “Take a pill a day to prevent HIV.

Grace Namwinga, an HIV Prevention Officer for DAPP OVC in Eastern and Western provinces, has encountered many children facing real challenges as they grow up.

“Many caregivers did not know much about HIV or ARVs, and some treated children who were on ARVs differently in a bad way.

At 21, Hellen Manda travels the world speaking at high-level health meetings, hosts a weekly radio show and encourages adolescents confronting HIV every day.

Memory Zulu, aged 25, from the Kafushi area of Chibombo district, has been a member of the Mwachimani Young Farmers’ Club since 2021.

At 10 years old, Juliet Phiri from Kazungula District was diagnosed with HIV, a fact her parents kept from her, thinking she was too young to understand.

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