Fighting HIV/AIDS Through Football
30 November 2009
A common love- and a common enemy.
The love is for the game of football. The enemy is AIDS.
And many programs in Africa like Grassroot Soccer are using the one to fight the other.
These programs use the unifying language and passion of the world’s greatest game to teach HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
The mission: Educate Africa’s younger generation, those still hopeful for the future and open to new ideas, to help stop the spread of HIV.
Through education, these programs rob the virus of one of its most effective weapons- ignorance.
It’s a simple formula. Which is w ...
MEDICATE – THE LAZARUS EFFECT
30 November 2009
With two pills a day that cost as little as 25 pence, a person dying in Africa from complications from AIDS can be raised from near death and given a renewed chance at life. This transformation is called the Lazarus Effect. These two antiretroviral (ARV) pills a day are more than just medici ...