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African Youth Outreach

African Youth Outreach

406 Sethne Court
Monona, WI 53716
tel. (608) 843-9255, e. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
web. www.africanyouthoutreach.org

Nelson Mandela once remarked, "HIV/AIDS is a human rights issue" at a benefit concert. Highlighting the humanity that suffers behind the progression of AIDS is by no means an easy task, but an important one. In South Africa the prevalence of HIV among the population ranges from 20 to 33%. Shocking as the statistics are, they do not speak to the unique way this disease dismantles the very core of any society. There are over 11 million AIDS orphans in Africa, and the African governments have few real plans to intervene before they share the fate of their parents. Education remains the anchor of any plan to halt HIV/AIDS in its march across our world. Those who are infected can learn of ways to obtain treatment and avoid transmission. Prevention teaching to at-risk groups, particularly children, can save innumerable lives. Teaching of HIV prevention also decreases the dangerous stigma associated with HIV infection. Multiple studies conducted in South Africa have shown sustained education to be effective in achieving all of these goals, at a time when the lack of education has become quite lethal. For these reasons, we are formed a nonprofit non-governmental organization with the aim of directing education efforts in the most stricken areas of South Africa.