A quick reminder that tomorrow is World Aids Day and if you believe you can't understand someone until you walk in their shoes, then Crossroads International has created a new simulated 'X-perience' where participants can get a first-hand sense of what it's like to have Aids or be at high risk of contracting HIV from four different perspectives. The non-profit group has simulated other experiences as fund-raisers, such as spending a day as a refugee or living in slum-bound poverty. Their newest X-perience was given a trial run earlier this year through funding from Operation Santa Claus. Participants will be exposed to life as if they were:

An abducted African child soldier forced to fight who gets contaminated through blood contact in a war zone;

A socially pressured Hong Kong student at risk from dangerous social activities;