Sub-Saharan Africa is more heavily affected by HIV and AIDS than any other region of the world. An estimated 22.4 million people are living with HIV in the region - around two thirds of the global total. In 2008 around 1.4 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.9 million people became infected with HIV.
In the absence of massively expanded prevention, treatment and care efforts, it is expected that the AIDS death toll in sub-Saharan Africa will continue to rise. This means the impact of the AIDS epidemic on these societies will be felt most strongly in the course of the next ten years and beyond. Its social and economic consequences are already widely felt, not only in the health sector but also in education, industry, agriculture, transport, human resources and the economy in general. The AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa threatens to devastate whole communities, rolling back decades of development progress.
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a triple challenge:
Providing health care, antiretroviral treatment, and support to a growing population of people with HIV-related illnesses.
Reducing the annual toll of new HIV infections by enabling individuals to protect themselves and others.
Coping with the impact of over 20 million AIDS deaths, on orphans and other survivors, communities, and national development.
Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) - which significantly delay the progression of HIV to AIDS and allow people living with HIV to live relatively normal, healthy lives – have been available in richer parts of the world since around 1996. Distributing these drugs requires money, a well-structured health system and a sufficient supply of healthcare workers. The majority of developing countries are lacking in these areas and have struggled to cope with the increasing numbers of people requiring treatment.
For most Africans living with HIV, ARVs are still not available - just under half of those in need of treatment are receiving it.13 Millions are not even receiving treatment for opportunistic infections, which affect individuals whose immune systems have been weakened by HIV infection. These facts reflect the world’s continuing failure, despite the progress of recent years, to mount a response that matches the scale and severity of the global AIDS epidemic.
Trinity Global Support Foundation is dedicated to raising funds
to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and provide the much needed
life prolonging antiretrovirals.
To-date, Trinity has distributed millions of dollars worth of
medication.
Our continued support is being relied upon by thousands of
people.
Please help us in this endeavour
Kiwanis Foundation of Canada – Eastern
Canada & Caribbean HIV/AIDS Project with UNICEF
The E.C. & C. District has a three year campaign, which started in
August of 2008, to raise $1,000,000 CDN to help UNICEF combat
HIV/Aids in the Caribbean.
Show Kids You Care
Show Kids You Care leads a national network of 460
breakfast clubs and lunch programs which feed over 130,000 children
nutritious meals and snacks each week.
Though these may seem like large numbers, there are over one million
children in Canada who live in poverty and who go to school on an
empty stomach!
With your help, Show Kids You Care can move forward
to give hope to children across Canada. Each investment in the daily
success of a child is an investment in our future.
Athletes
in Action - Canada
Athletes In Action is committed to using the language of sport
to communicate. The goal is to mobilize athletes and fans
worldwide and boldly win people to Christ. Presently, there is
60 staff in Canada and a worldwide team of 600 in more than 60
countries.
GlobalMedic
GlobalMedic is a registered Canadian charity that utilizes professional Canadian rescuers, specifically paramedics, police officers, firefighters and engineers who volunteer their time and skills to help those in need around the world. These volunteers form three distinct Rapid Response Teams (RRT); the Water Purification Team, the Emergency Medical Team and the Search and Rescue Team.
The Water Purification Team specializes in providing clean drinking water to affected populations after a disaster. With the use of mobile water purification units and water purification tablets the team establishes easily accessible water stations for rural and urban centres in addition to mass distribution programs. The access to clean drinking water helps to prevent the spread of water-borne disease.
