Defeating a pandemic one child at a time

-TWO MILLION PEOPLE die each year from AIDS.

-TWO MILLION children under age 15 are HIV-positive.

-ONE THOUSAND children become infected each day.

-NINE OUT OF TEN children who are affected by AIDS live in Africa.

(statistics from UNICEF)

Compassion's AIDS Initiative provides the following:

1. Prevention
-health and prevention education
-mother-to-child transmission prevention
-initial testing

2. Treatment
-transportation to and from clinics
aniretroviral therapy (ART) and other medicinal support
-combating opportunistic infections and diseases (TB, malaria, etc.)
-nutritional supplements to aid treatment.

3. Rehabilitative care
-direct, ongoing health monitoring
-housing/shelter assistance
-income-generation assistance

Visit Comppasion's AIDS Inititive website here and help create hope one child at a time today.

Even $5 per month can make a difference. I support this cause and I challenge you to do the same.
God Bless,
-Micah