Last HIV Generation Project hopes for end to AIDS

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Last HIV Generation Project

What if this generation was the last to experience the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS? If it was, what would future generations learn about this disease of the past? Sam Bartos and Michael Ryterband asked this question to each other and then to strangers. With inspiration from recent medical breakthroughs in the fight against HIV, Sam and Michael initiated The Last HIV Generation Project.

Last HIV Generation Project hopes for end to AIDS

With inspiration from recent medical breakthroughs in the fight against HIV, Sam and Michael initiated The Last HIV Generation Project.

On a frigid February day in New York City, Sam and Michael asked strangers to write letters of loss and remembrance that would later be buried in a time capsule for future generations to read. These messages are a symbol of hope that this disease will soon be eradicated once and for all.