More than 15 seconds of fame
John, with Carole translating, broadcasts to the everyone listening on their transitor radios in the rice paddies
USC Medical School student intern Aisha writes: John and I have done quite a bit of research in the past few weeks on HIV/AIDS prevention/education—not to mention hours of brainstorming about how to best serve the HIV positive women and children in Phrao. We have participated in two radio shows with DJ Naan-Oun (Pi John)—one where John and I were crushed in a game of paytong after the show, and the other where I told all of Phrao that the world wouldn’t be the same after Michael Jackson’s death. This week, John and I have two meetings in Chiang Mai with NGOs focused on HIV/AIDS work, and are hoping to visit the wat to speak with the HIV positive women there as well. We are excited to here what everyone has to say, and are hoping to get some useful materials from the NGOs we are meeting with!