While World AIDS Day is graciously honored by millions around the world on December 1 of every year, the unfortunate truth is that not a single day can fully give justice to the reality that more than 33 million people around the world live with HIV every single day of their lives. Even more difficult to demonstrate in a single day is the significant burden HIV/AIDS holds over Africa and Asia, where crowded populations and abject poverty are far larger problems than in Europe or North America.

Although the rates of HIV are dropping and the measures to prevent further spread are finding results, it is highly likely that the toll taken by the HIV/AIDS pandemic on the children of South Africa will be severe. It is estimated that deaths attributed to HIV/AIDS will leave one in three of the country’s children orphaned by 2015. This staggering figure is only one reason why World AIDS Day is not over; but for only one reason, it foreshadows extremely serious social, economic, and humanitarian problems. This is a concern that requires action on all planes from high levels of government to the most basic levels of community and neighborly care. Read More…

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South Africa Project launched a fan page as well as a group on Facebook.

Here is what we will do and won’t do with the group and the fan page:
We will act responsibly and will never send you any spam mails.   We will keep you posted about milestones for South Africa Project and let you know about major initiatives – including fund raising and awareness campaigns.

All other news will be communicated via our blog RSS feed or our Twitter feed. They will also be posted at our fan page & group but we won’t send you another message for that. Read More…

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In order for you to know what to expect when following @saproject on Twitter we decided to publish a brief “Guide to Twitter”. Everyone uses Twitter their own way.

Here is how we are using it for @saproject: Read More…

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