Some time ago now I was in this hall to attend a different event. I had been invited to the première of a video documentary made by people here at Larenstein. The subject was AIDS, or rather the weakness AIDS brings with it, seen from the viewpoint of rural development. I learned that the AIDS epidemic - and that was for me, as a city-dweller, an absolute eye-opener - weakens farmers in the most literal sense. As a consequence, they are unable to grow any crops that demand heavy physical exertion. By coincidence, these are also the more lucrative crops. What is more, many farmers have gone through their last reserves, put aside for buying medicine. Some, for example, sell their only cow to pay for drugs. What is the right way for you, as a graduate of Larenstein, to respond to the situation there? How can you take account of this all too literal weakness and give effective help to these rural communities struck down by AIDS? The documentary provided no answers, it simply put the question in a most powerful way.