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The One Video
Source: The One Campaign
Celebrities band together to make an urgent appeal to "make poverty history." |
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A Generation of Hope
Source: DLR Films
Orphaned youth in Zimbabwe struggle to keep their families together. |
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Three Sisters
Source: UNICEF
Orphaned sisters in Mozambique learn to fend for themselves. |
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| Download curriculum on HIV/AIDS from the Resources section. A guide for students is available too. |
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A Worsening Crisis
The HIV/AIDS epidemic today is at least 50 percent worse than experts predicted just a decade ago.
It has claimed about 25 million lives—roughly the same number of deaths caused by the Bubonic Plague of 14th-century Europe. But considering that 42 million people still live with HIV/AIDS and that almost 14,000 people are infected every day, HIV/AIDS is by far the more devastating human catastrophe.
At a rate of 8,000 deaths a day, HIV/AIDS claims as many casualties as the Vietnam War every seven weeks and as many as World War I every three years. |
The Hardest Hit
Sub-Saharan Africa is the epicenter of this worldwide epidemic.
According to the United Nations, “Sub-Saharan Africa has just over 10% of the world’s population, but is home to more than 60% of all people living with HIV—some 25.4 million. In 2004, an estimated 3.1 million people in the region became newly infected, while 2.3 million died of AIDS.”
The most visible affect on children of the HIV crisis is the rising number of orphans. In 2003, there were 43 million orphans in the region.
"HIV/AIDS is having a devastating impact on families, communities, societies, and economies," says former South African President Nelson Mandela. "We need bold initiatives to prevent new infections among young people |
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Rhetoric to Action
GlobalTribe is adopting HIV/AIDS as our new campaign in order to generate awareness for this pandemic and encourage youth to work for positive change.
We have begun to work with partner organization, AFXB, to identify projects that GlobalTribe youth can adopt and raise money for.
In the meantime, we encourage everyone to offer suggestions, plan your own global action, and begin dialogue on this important issue by visiting our Message Board.
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World AIDS Orphans Day 2005
View photos and video clips from The GlobalTribe Network's first video conference, linking youth from the U.S., U.K., and South Africa to share art, poetry, and personal accounts of life impacted by HIV/AIDS.
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- Learn more about the devastation of HIV/AIDS in this campaign's Gallery, Downloads, and Links sections.
- Produce art, presentations, writings, photo essays, music, and video to raise awareness of this issue.
- Raise funds for organizations helping AIDS orphans.
- Discuss this issue with other GlobalTribe members on the Message Board.
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