a message from rev canon dr gideon byamugisha goodwill ambassador on hiv & aids, christian aid...
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A message from Rev Canon Dr
Gideon Byamugisha
Goodwill Ambassador on HIV & AIDS, Christian AidConvener, Global Working Group on Faith, SSDDIM & HIV
The year of the 30th anniversary of the first AIDS diagnosis.
33.4 million people - like myself -
are now living with HIV.
Who are they?
They are young and old. Male and female.
Black, white and brown. Rich and poor.
Educated and illiterate. Urban and rural.
They are, simply, human.
They are you and me.
AIDS has killed as many people as 25 tsunamis.
Leaving hundreds of thousands of orphans.
Enough is enough.
We must end AIDS before it celebrates its 50th birthday
in 2031
Before it ends us.
We each have a role to play.
My fellow faith leaders and I are reaching out through our congregations
To say “You can be SAVEd”
Through Safer practices, not just sexual, but also medical and social.
S
Through Access to treatment and nutrition
S A
Through Voluntary counseling and testing
S A V
Through Empowerment and education.
S A V E
And through rejecting StigmaShame
DiscriminationDenial
Inaction and
Mis-action
S A V E
approach.S A V E
We are urging all faith leaders to learn the
To teach it to their congregations.
To use practical community action,
Advocacy,
And prayer.
To overcome HIV and AIDS.
To succeed, the spread of the SAVE message
must outrun the spread of the virus
SPREAD THE WORD, NOT THE VIRUS
So please pass this message on…
We each have a role to play.
Come to www.savecampaign.org/whatyoucando.html
and find out what yours could be.