Classic Program: Starter Facilitator Handbook for Healing Groups

Blood wars: an HIV and AIDS skit Prepare signs people can pin to themselves or hang around their necks. The signs say: “HIV” (x2), “flu,” “malaria,” “pneumonia,” “diarrhea,” “blood soldier” (x2), and “ARV” (x2). 1. Designate a large space on the floor as the body of Didier. 2. Get two people to act as blood soldiers. They can pretend they are armed. 3. Get two people to act as the HIV virus. 4. Get others to act as the different illnesses: flu, malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea. God has created us with blood soldiers to protect us. Didier has his blood soldiers in his body that will fight against sicknesses. Their job is to protect Didier from illnesses. They must prowl around looking for intruders. 1. The blood soldiers prowl around Didier’s body looking for any sickness that tries to enter. 2. Invite Flu to invade—he is quickly thrown out (do not be too violent). Ask Malaria to invade—he is thrown out after a short struggle. everyone freeze. Didier is doing fine and is able to defeat diseases using his blood soldiers. Now Didier went and slept with a prostitute. 3. Two HIVs sneak in without the blood soldiers noticing and hide. 4. Flu returns—and is thrown out as quickly as happened earlier. Now have Malaria invade—he too is thrown out after a little struggle. everyone freeze. Didier does not realize he is ill. He is, however, infectious and can spread HIV to other people. 5. Now one HIV stands up and holds one of the blood soldiers so he cannot do anything. 6. Flu returns and there is a struggle. Pneumonia joins in. It takes a long struggle for the remaining blood soldier to throw them out. 7. The other HIV stands up and holds the remaining blood soldier. Flu, Pneumonia, Malaria, and Diarrhea invade Didier’s body. The blood soldiers are held down and Flu and all the other illnesses have a dance of victory around the body of Didier. everyone freeze. 8. Didier now has AIDS. HIV, a tiny virus, has disabled his body’s ability to fight infection, so many other illnesses invade. AIDS is not one disease but a combination of diseases. Finally the person wastes away.

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