AHSAHelp children with AIDS!Help children with AIDS!

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What Is AIDS?•Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome•Human Immunodeficiency Virus•HIV antibodies•Development of HIV•Damage of immune system

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How Do You Get AIDS?

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Impact of AIDS

•More than 25 million deaths caused by AIDS since 1981

•11.6 million AIDS orphans in Africa

•Half of all new HIV infections worldwide accounted by young people (under 25)

UNAIDS/WHO in July 2008, refer to end of 2007

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AIDS, the Killer of children

•2 million children living with HIV/AIDS in 2007•0.37 million children newly infected in 2007•0.27 million child AIDS deaths in 2007

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AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa •Origin of AIDS•Estimation of 22 million people living with

HIV at the end of 2007•1.3 million AIDS deaths in 2007

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In sub-Saharan Africa…•Shortened life expectancies to a maximum

of 20 years•Devastating effects on families,

communities, economies, caused by AIDS deaths of young adults

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Why AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa? •AIDS well known

throughout the world•Numerous victims•AIDS first occurred in

Sub-Saharan Africa•Name well known but

details about it is not well known

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What Is Being Done?•Caring for the people with AIDS•Offering free treatment in public hospitals

in certain regions•Coordinating learning activities for

HIV/AIDS service providers

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YouTube Video

•Addressing AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTPngOqDRI4

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Questions

Interactive activity

Get into group of three and discuss about the answer to the question

If you get it right, the whole group will get a candy!

If you don’t’ get it right, the chance goes to another group

What does AIDS stand for?

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

What is AIDS caused by?

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

How do you develop AIDS?

HIV wears down the immune system and your body gets too weak to fight any type of disease that you get.

When was AIDS first recognized?

1981

Where did AIDS originate from?

Sub-Saharan Africa

True or False: More than 25 million deaths was caused by AIDS since 1981

True

True or False: 1.3 million AIDS deaths occurred in 2007 worldwide

False; just in sub-Saharan Africa

Other Organizations

•AVERT: http://www.avert.org

•TASO: www.tasouganda.org/ (NGO)

•CIDA: http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm

AVERT• International HIV and

AIDS charity based on UK

•Avert HIV and AIDS worldwide

•Has HIV/AIDS projects in regions of high infection

http://www.avert.org/

TASO•The AIDS Support

Organization•Contribute to a process of

preventing HIV infection•Offer counseling services

to people with HIV/AIDS and their families

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CIDA•Canada’s lead agency for development

assistance•Educate people in public•Provide wide variety of info based on

infectious diseases worldwide

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm

We Like Their Program Because…

•AVERT: Highly effective AIDS education through a widely-accessed web site

•CIDA: Lot of detailed info on HIV/AIDS in different countries

•TASO: Successful in restoring hope and improving quality of life of people with AIDS

Our Organization: AHSA•Association for•Helping children with AIDS in•Sub-Saharan•Africa

Our Purpose•To help young AIDS victims in sub-Saharan

Africa through donation and education

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Our Message•Care about children suffering from AIDS in

sub-Saharan Africa•Help us improve the quality of life for

young AIDS victims through donation

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Short-Term Plan•Raise public

awareness•Fund-raising•Get school to

support our organization

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Long-Term Plan•Help pay operations for children in sub-

Saharan Africa affected by poverty•Helping children with AIDS in sub-Saharan

Africa through donation•Team up with other famous organizations•Get as much people in our school

community to be aware of young AIDS victims in sub-Saharan Africa

Info On Our Wiki•Message•Purpose•Plans•Background info on our issue•Links to other organizations•Videos and pictures

*Please check our wiki for more information on AIDS

Other Organizations Waiting For Your Help•FHSSA: Foundation for Hospices in Sub-

Saharan Africa•TASO: The AIDS Support Organization• JAAIDS: Journalists Against AIDS Nigeria•AVERT: Averting HIV and AIDS•Aid For Africa

http://www.nigeria-aids.org/http://www.aidforafrica.org/index.php

Timeline of Activities•Fund raising until February 21st

•Receive school support for AHSA between February 16th-20th

•Donate money raised to a bigger organization before February 24th

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Why Care About AIDS?•Deadly affect to the global world•Still many places not receiving essential

medication•Many people cannot afford medication

due to poverty in sub-Saharan Africa• Impact of AIDS spreads to individual,

family, community, and economy

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Why should other people do something?

More cooperation and interest is the key solution to preventing AIDS and helping the children in sub-Saharan Africa

Victims of AIDS

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Getting Help

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More Info•AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa:

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Works Cited• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9E05E5DD173BF93BA35756C0A9679C8B63• http://www.tasouganda.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=61• http://www.avert.org/aids-projects.htm• http://www.avert.org/aidsimpact.htm• http://www.aids.org/factSheets/101-what-is-aids.html• http://www.nigeria-aids.org/content.cfm/2b• http://www.tasouganda.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=69• Organizations

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CIDAWEB/acdicida.nsf/En/NIC-55134013-NQU#1     http://www.avert.org/about.htmhttp://www.aidforafrica.org/members.php?id=18http://www.fhssa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1http://www.tasouganda.org/http://www.ngopulse.org/event/aids-society-and-development-south-africahttp://www.nigeria-aids.org/

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKvO-ugxvG0

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Informationhttp://www.dni.gov/nic/special_globalinfectious.htmlhttp://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/global?page=cr09-00-00

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