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Aids in Africa
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Give the gift of hope to Africa's women and join the fight to eradicate a deadly, widespread disease.
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By Jennifer Melo, Homemakers.com editor
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People who are making a difference:
Kofi Annan "If we want to save Africa, we must save Africa's women first" - New York, Columbia University, December 2002
Who is he? Secretary general of the United Nations.
Tackling the HIV/AIDS epidemic is Kofi Annan's self-proclaimed "personal priority." In April 2001, Annan began the startup of a Global AIDS and Health Fund to increase funds to help developing countries confront the crisis. Among several progressions, the Fund has been instrumental in delivering antiretroviral drugs, providing counseling, educating in prevention tactics and administering HIV testing in Africa.
Stephen Lewis -"Never in human history have so many died for so little reason. You have a chance to alter the course of that history. Can there be any task more noble?" Microbicides 2004 conference, London, March 2004
Who is he? Secretary general's Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Stephen Lewis has been appointed by the UN's secretary general as a Special Advisor on Africa to help in "the mobilization of the international community." He is well acquainted with many organizations that support palliative care, helping orphans, and supporting groups of people living with HIV/AIDS. The Stephen Lewis Foundation works through trustworthy NGOs and United Nations agencies such as UNICEF.
Bono -"Africa is a continent in flames and as we all know fires tend to spread." Liberal convention, Toronto, November 2003.
Who is he? Singer of U2.
As frontman for Irish rock band U2, Bono lends his vocals to music as well as to humanitarian causes like fighting AIDS in Africa. He's been lobbying political figures such as our own Prime Minister, Paul Martin in order to urge nations like ours to support the facilitation of affordable AIDS drugs to Africa. In 2002, Bono co-founded DATA an organization that strives to free the people of Africa from poverty. The organization identifies major obstacles that keep Africans from achieving prosperity (Debts, AIDS, Trade in Africa). Visit DATA's website for more information.
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