Dallas Buyers Club - Lisa El Refaie

Lisa El RefaieSchool of English, Communication

and Philosophy

WhizzKids United: • Founded (2005) and run by

Welsh HIV nurse Marcus McGilvray

• Main centre in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: highest HIV prevalence in the world (40.7%)

• Uses health clinic, football training and other programmes to deliver HIV prevention, treatment and support to young people (16,147 in 2013)

Comics drawing project:• In 2012, I designed a series of

comics drawing workshops for WKU

• Participants share their experiences of HIV with counsellors and each other

• A collection of some of the work is used to inform other young people in the area about HIV prevention and WKU services

Ebola booklet• Comics workshop run in

Ghana in August 2014

• Many of the strips about the threat of Ebola

• Booklet (English and French) for distribution in Ghana and across West Africa