T. Michael Johnny — Two American Consultants for the Foundation for African Development AID (ADA), Nick and Pat Wolfe visited the Monrovia Central Prison recently to conduct HIV/AIDS awareness and to listen to problems faced by inmates.

Both Consultants and the Chief Executive of ADA, Wendell McIntosh who is instrumental in ensuring that STI/HIV/AIDS awareness reach diversified religious and social settings sponsored the workshop with inmates at the request of the Director of the Monrovia Central Prison.

Mrs. Wolfe, with vast experience in HIV/AIDS prevention called on citizens to abstain from illicit sexual sex which has the propensity to spread the deadly disease to potential youths in the country.

She said commitment to eradicate the deadly disease cannot be overemphasized, as the disease will spread faster if people are not sensitized to basic preventive measures against the disease, urging that abstinence from sex before marriage is absolutely one of the best method.

The Wolfe's who have worked on faith based initiatives in Nigeria providing awareness to thousands of Nigerians currently work in Liberia as consultants for ADA who have employed thousands of ex-combatants and local farmers.

At the opening of the workshop, Nick and Pat Wolfe admonished the inmates to be aware of the danger STI/HIV/AIDS posed to them especially using needles that are not sterilized to mark tattoos on their bodies for which the sensitization workshop was organized.

Following the successful completion of the workshop, inmates at the Monrovia Central Prison (name withheld) who spoke on behalf of his colleagues used the occasion to raise concern to those who funded the STI/HIV/AIDS workshop.

In their concern, the inmates complained that none of them have had their day in court, and that they wanted speedy trial before they die in prison without appearing in court.

In her response, the Nick and Pat wolfe told the inmates that attorney's in the country are supposed to plead on their behalf to ensure that they get their day in court. "someone should care for the youths and plead on their behalf". She told tearful inmates.

She said most of the youths presently languishing in jail could contribute meaningfully to the agricultural development in the country, stressing that "food production leads to sustainability especially after 14 years of civil upheaval which has destroyed the fabric of the nation.

In an interview with an ex-combatant Joseph Cole, a current beneficiary of the ADA Paddy rice production, the input of the American consultants have impacted greatly on their lives especially the STI/HIV/AIDS awareness that they conducting.