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Invitation
to take part in the great march and the 2010 HIV/AIDS campaign
New
Hope Foundation
February 15, 2010
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Who
should take part?
New Hope Foundation
in partnership with members of the community around the country
that include women, children, AIDS service & child protection
Organisations join hands & take this opportunity to invite your
organisation to be part of the 2010 HIV & AIDS prevention &
awareness campaign that aims to reach 5,5 million people,1 000 000
men,2 000 000 children & 2 500 00 women, through road shows,
community outreach, workshops & the road march.
New Hope Foundation
has he led community advocacy in the past, through marches we did
it in year 2000 during the Education campaign form Harare to Marondera
in Fife days & again in 2007 during the Global March Against
Child Labour Zimbabwe 2007,541 kms in 31 days, physical march from
Harare to Plumtree. We can do it again in 2010.
The
impact of HIV & AIDS on human development
The epidemic
continues to pose significant development challenges to our low-income
country, which faces additional complications including drought
conditions, political and socio economic challenges.
Although there
are many education programmes taking place in Zimbabwe, research
shows that the majority of men still do not always use condoms.
In countries like Uganda, where infection rates have gone down,
prevention campaigns became successful when two things happened
when:
- National
and local leaders speak openly about HIV and AIDS and led the
prevention campaign
- Most adults
are HIV positive and so many people are dying, it is impossible
for anyone to be untouched by HIV and AIDS.
- Thousands
of Children are being left orphans & homeless.
Zimbabwe, can
we wait to take action AGAINST HIV & AIDS?
No we cannot
afford to wait anymore, because there are & there will be more
Aids related deaths in Zimbabwe every day. We have to talk openly
about HIV and AIDS and make sure that everyone understands the danger
of unprotected sex, and the responsibility they have to protect
themselves and their partners. The silence and stigma surrounding
HIV and AIDS must be broken and replaced by openness, good communication
and compassion.
The aim of our
campaign is to discourage risky sexual behaviour as a way of reducing
the infection rate.
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