See teens in Homa Bay, Kenya; click on the short photo-link above. Downloading may take up to two minutes (Note QuickTime link at bottom of page)
Teenagers in Homa Bay address issues of HIV/AIDS.
In the photo/video to the left you will see how teens like you are dealing with and educating one another about the dangers of AIDS. These teenagers are from a Young Christian Students Club at a high school in Homa Bay. If your computer is capable, you can watch a short video of these teens in Homa Bay and their creative way of spreading the word about the dangers of AIDS. Just click on the photo link to the left, and be patient until it downloads.
Through song, dance, and drama like these; teens in Homa Bay keep their hopes, spirits and support for each other alive in their struggles against the deadly disease of AIDS. Creative education is the key to over coming the disease, and teens in our partner diocese are eager and determined to succeed.
SOME FACTS to think about:
30 million people in Africa are infected with AIDS/HIV, but only 30,000 people receive medications that will help them live.
A year's worth of basic medicines for an HIV/AIDS patient cost about $350 (for many people who live on less than $1 a day)
8,500 people die every day from AIDS
4.8 million new people were infected with AIDS in 2003 globally.
According to the U.N. AIDS organization, more than 13 million children have lost at least one parent to AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
The numbers of people affected and devastated by the those infected with the virus are countless.
What you can do:
Education is KEY! Make sure that you are knowledgable about the global reality and affects of HIV/AIDS.
Write, call, fax, or email your government politicians to ask them to strongly support funding (a strong commitment to fulfill current funding promises and to even increase funding) to fight AIDS in Africa.
