Give the gift of hope to Africa's women and join the fight to eradicate a deadly, widespread disease.
By Jennifer Melo, Homemakers.com editor
Must-see sites: There is hope for the women of Africa as there is hope for anyone who lives with HIV/AIDS. People are gathering to fight this killer and missions are carried out each day to stop AIDS' destruction. Although the AIDS in Africa crisis may seem insurmountable, the opportunities to save lives cannot be diminished by the magnitude of this disease.
AIDS and Africa http://www.aidsandafrica.com/ Founded in April 2000, this site offers current information on HIV/AIDS in Africa from scientific journals, government reports and news reports from respectable sources. Visit their Ways of Helping page for a listing and descriptions of various organizations that support AIDS advocacy.
Stephen Lewis's site http://stephenlewisfoundation.org/aboutus.html The Stephen Lewis Foundation was started, in part, because of an outpouring of support from Canadians who want to address the tragedy of HIV/AIDS in Africa. The Stephen Lewis Foundation's main goals are:
-to ease the plight of women who are dying from AIDS, -to help the orphans they leave behind and -to assist the efforts of groups of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Visit the donation page to find out how you can support this charitable cause.
UNAIDS.org http://www.unaids.org/en/default.asp UNAIDS is The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and its mission is to support a global response to AIDS. It does so via: -Leadership and advocacy for effective action on the epidemic. -Strategic information to guide efforts against AIDS worldwide. -Tracking, monitoring and evaluation of the epidemic and of responses to it. -Civil society engagement and partnership development. -Mobilization of resources to support an effective response. Visit UNAIDS.org to get current news on the situation in Africa .
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