A few street sceneries of Sonsonate shot in the morning. Then a long but beautiful drive to the area of Zacatecoluca along the coast. Some shots of the coastline. After arrival and dropping our luggage at the local health center, we move on to the semi-rural town of Santa Maria … We meet Douglas Araujo, long hair, glasses, an MSM peer volunteer worker. Stigma has somewhat reduced since programs started, so one-on-one meetings in public areas are not considered too much of a problem. The GF-supported program for which he works partners with the local soccer club, where boys/young men are identified to be in need of guidance. The word spreads as well. We see Douglas engaged in four one-on-one meetings. The first two are follow-ups, the third meeting is a first timer.
He is given condoms and lubricant, but doesn’t appears to have used any of this before. So Douglas explains. Douglas also asked if they ever have unprotected sex, provides information about where to go for health services, stresses the importance of testing, collects contact info about the client.