AIDS: One pastors story
March 1, 2007
See how one African pastor is combating the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS in his own community. A Rwandan pastor contemplates the HIV/AIDS pandemic, how it’s affecting his own community, and what his role is in fighting this disease. Read on to see an inspirational video of
Visualizing Human Development Trends
February 3, 2007
Combating extreme poverty, AIDS, infant death, etc. depends on a clear understanding of the reality of these situations. Unfortunately the statistics involved have been very complex and difficult for the average person to process. Not anymore.
December 1st is World AIDS Day
December 1, 2006
Around forty million people are living with HIV throughout the world - and that number increases in every region every day. Ignorance and prejudice are fuelling the spread of a preventable disease.
What are the millennium development goals?
July 29, 2006
According to Kofi Annan “The Millennium Development Goals were adopted five years ago by all the world’s governments as a blueprint for building a better world in the 21st century.”
Agents of Change: The ONE Campaign
January 1, 2006
The ONE campaign is possibly the most well known justice movement today. Fueled by the common good and championed by celebrity ONE’s goals may be not only the most wide sweeping but also the most immediately achievable political response to extreme global poverty and the AIDS pandemic. ONE believes that allocating an additional ONE percent of the U.S. budget toward providing basic needs like health, education, clean water and food would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the world’s poorest countries. ONE also calls for debt cancellation, trade reform and anti-corruption measures in a comprehensive package to help Africa and the poorest nations beat AIDS and extreme poverty.
If you have not yet signed the ONE declaration please do so now: http://action.one.org/ActionSignup.html
www.one.org
Agents of Change: Blood:Water Mission
January 1, 2006
Hear, see, and learn from Blood:Water Mission a non-profit organization founded by the members of the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band, Jars of Clay, to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa.
AIDS in Africa
December 16, 2005
1 Corinthians 12:24-26: 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
All of Willow will be talking about AIDS in Africa this weekend — from the main stage, to this group, to private conversations on the way home.
More will be posted on the topic here soon. To start, I highly recommend reading Time magazine’s 2001 cover story: http://www.time.com/time/2001/aidsinafrica/cover.html
Write for us!
December 1, 2005
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