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Help Children With HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sponsored by: American Foundation for Children with AIDS

The sub-Saharan region of Africa is the worst affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In the world, nine out of ten children living with HIV call sub-Saharan Africa home. Approximately three million children are themselves infected with HIV, about 90 percent of whom contracted the virus from their mother during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding. And each number represents a personal story of struggle.

But not every child's story ends in tragedy. Children who take anti-retroviral medication are able to live long, productive lives. Unfortunately, free medicine is only available to a small percentage of children with HIV/AIDS. And a shockingly low percentage of children in Africa who require anti-retroviral treatments are able to receive these life-saving medications.

That is why the American Foundation for Children with AIDS provides a family model of care – where treatment and medical services are provided not only to HIV+ children, but to their HIV+ caregivers and to HIV+ pregnant women as well. By taking preventative measures to protect unborn children from infection – and caring for infected children and their support systems – American Foundation for Children with AIDS gives children a chance to live full and meaningful lives.

Please show your support for the family model of care, and help the American Foundation for Children with AIDS further their life-saving work.

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We signed “Help Children With HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa”!

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5:57 am PDT, Oct 31, Naoko Idesawa, Japan
I just can't ignore them.

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8:23 am PDT, Oct 29, Kaleigh Hasnen, North Carolina
this is a big deal should not be ignored everyone should support providing care

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1:09 am PDT, Oct 18, Can Atik, Turkey

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10:30 am PDT, Oct 16, Name not displayed, Greece

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1:42 pm PDT, Oct 11, Christina Anderson, Canada

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5:49 am PDT, Sep 25, Janice Sturdy, United Kingdom
PLEASE HELP THESE CHILDREN NOW!!!!!!!!!!

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8:54 am PDT, Sep 11, Brittany Solak, Connecticut

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2:09 pm PDT, Aug 27, Reiner Lindler, Germany

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3:04 pm PDT, Aug 20, Christina Alfaro, Texas

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12:25 pm PDT, Aug 6, Name not displayed, Canada
Because this organization puts 96cents of every donor dollar into direct care for children with AIDS. Nothing fancy. Just gets the job done.

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8:42 pm PDT, Aug 4, Meghan Brandt, California
to help the children and unborn children with an illness they have no control over.

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2:13 am PDT, Jul 29, Panos Sialmas, Greece

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1:10 pm PDT, Jul 28, Alyssa Bostock, New Jersey
People in Africa have very little healthcare. That means that the parents of the child might not even know that they have AID/HIV. No medical treatment means that this horriable disease becomes ongoing and dosnt stop. THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO HELP THESE CHILDEREN NOW!

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10:25 pm PDT, Jul 27, Alistair Leigh, Massachusetts

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12:10 am PDT, Jul 26, Carol Sutton, Massachusetts

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9:31 pm PDT, Jul 25, Mary Van Der Ley, New Zealand
Because I Care.

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3:17 am PDT, Jul 25, Łukasz Ziębicki, Poland

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2:36 pm PDT, Jul 24, Ana Cons, Spain

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10:57 pm PDT, Jul 22, Maria Kopacki, New York

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12:30 pm PDT, Jul 22, Denise Mitchell, California

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10:53 am PDT, Jul 22, Maria Sundberg, Sweden

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10:22 am PDT, Jul 22, Diana Renteria, Mexico

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10:19 am PDT, Jul 22, Scott Elliott, Idaho

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9:59 am PDT, Jul 22, Maire Kelly, New York
Children are our future. There are so many people working to cured AIDS but as long as ignorance and intolerance prevail, the hopes of finding a cure or more ways to arrest the progression of HIV/AIDS will not prevail. We must show that we care..one human being to another. People with AIDS deserve more help than the average person. They are so sick. And something can be done about it if we only take a few minutes to speak out about supporting causes that help people with HIV/AIDS. Especially poor innocent children.

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