Hello everyone,
I spent my weekend studying for my Immunology test on Tuesday. Like many people, I was slacking off reading the assigned chapters every week, so I didn't know what the teacher was talking about those past three weeks. However, I had to learn all the material before the test. I was really interested to learn all the different parts and cells (T cells, B cells, NK cells) of our immune system and how it all functions together. It actually helped me understand how the HIV virus works its way through our system and how it can replicate and multiply and kill the immune system. After All, science is very interesting :)
A funny incident happened to me last week on Thursday; I was in my immunology lab, and I was about to give a presentation with a group when one student just walked up to the group and asked who Noor Altiti is, and when I said it was me she said that she's taking this class and that she has seen my name alot that she remembered it. We got to talk about the class and our progress in it. Who knows maybe now that I have mentioned all of this, I will get to meet more students that are with me in both classes :)
Okay, now back to the course. I have chosen an International Organization that's based in the UK. This Organization is called AVERT and was started in the 1986. I liked their theme; "AVERTING HIV & AIDS". This organization is a HIV/AIDS charity that helps HIV patients with care and treatment. This organization is involved in many prjects, such as Sisonke in South Africa, Partners in Hope Project in Malawi, and The Rural Welfare Organisation in India. The purpose of all those projects is to be inform people about the disease, and seek better counceling, care, and treatment to HIV/AIDS patients all around the world.
I am almost done with reading “At risk”; a book by Alice Hoffman. This book is very interesting; I am enjoying every detail in it. It somehow makes me take a closer look at HIV/AIDS and how it can change someone’s life completely and forever. Every time I read it I get carried away thinking that it can really happen to anyone and everyone. It doesn’t discriminate, but it’s discriminated against. Just like the girl in the book wondered if they’ll find the cure before it is too late; I wonder the same.
Will they?
