AIDS in Africa: Children and Youth

See also Orphans of the Zimbabwe Crisis: "A Generation of Hope": online video and resources and How the Children Hold On in the Midst of the AIDS Pandemic, an UMCOR church bulletin insert.

News

• Africa University Cares in a Region Severely Affected by HIV/AIDS New World Outlook, March-April 2005.
• Feeding Children in Kenya, GBGM, February 2005.
• United Methodists Help Save Girls' and Women's Lives Through School and Literacy Programs, December 1, 2004.
• Major Gift Assures Education for 2,000 AIDS Orphans, UMCOR, June 17, 2004.
• Surviving Child Trust Offers Hope to Africa's AIDS Orphans, UMNS, December 20, 2002.
• African AIDS Orphans' Lives Focus on Basic Survival, UMNS, December 20, 2002.
• ZAMBIA: Poor girls Keep Brothels in Business, September 27, 2002.
• Number of Children Orphaned By AIDS Will Rise Dramatically, UNAIDS, July 10, 2002.
• By 2010, AIDS May Leave 20 Million African Orphans, New York Times, July 11, 2002.
• West And Central Africa: Orphans in the Spotlight, IRIN, April 15, 2002.
• United Methodist Church Continues Its Commitment to Fight AIDS in Africa by Brenda Wilkinson, November 29, 2001.
• Bishops Agree to Be More Involved with HIV/AIDS Issues, UMNS, November 8, 2001.
• Aids demo by Ethiopian orphans, BBC, August 6, 2001
• Orphans and Vulernable Children (Zambia), GBGM, July 31, 2001
• Youth Caucus Goes Beyond Mandated UN Consensus on HIV/AIDS Issues, United Methodist Women, June 28, 2001
• South Africa's Small Warrior Against AIDS Dies Quietly, New York Times, June 2, 2001
• Africa Has 12 Million AIDS Orphans, BBC, May 14, 2001
• Promising Start for Zimbabwe's Underprivileged Children, May 11, 2001
• The Uzumba Orphan Trust: a New Approach to AIDS in Africa A Special Report by New World Outlook magazine, March-April 2001
• Sarah's Story: A Message of Hope for the Season, by Brenda Wilkinson, GBGM, November 27, 2000
• It Really Does Take A Village: Uzumba Orphan Trust Keeps AIDS Orphans in Their Own Homes, Interpreter, October-November 2000
• United Methodists Respond to a Nation with AIDS, by Paul Dirdak, UMCOR Inasmuch Update, Summer 2000

Background

• Children on the Brink 2004, A joint report of new orphan estimates and a framework for action from UNAIDS, UNICEF and USAID.
• Number of Children Orphaned By AIDS Will Rise Dramatically, UNAIDS, 2002.
• AIDS in Africa: The Orphaned Continent, BBC, 2000
• Children Living in a World with AIDS, UNAIDS 1997
• In the Shadow of Death: HIV/AIDS and Children's Rights in Kenya, Human Rights Watch Report, June 2001

Biblical and Theological Foundations

• Hope for the Children of Africa Home Page, General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church
• Relief, Reconciliation and Rebuilding-- Biblical and Theological Foundations of Hope for The Children of Africa by The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church

Please support UMCOR Advance #982345, "Global AIDS Fund," Advance #982842 "AIDS Orphan Trust," or Advance #101218, "AIDS Awareness and Children Impacted by HIV/AIDS in Africa." UMCOR encourages you to give through your local United Methodist Church. Gifts may also be sent to: UMCOR, 475 Riverside Dr., Room 330, New York, NY 10115. To make a credit card donation, call 1-800-554-8583.

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