Welcome to the Aid Africa’s Children website. Thank you for caring about the destiny of innocent children whose lives have been devastated by the global pandemic of AIDS. Colin Powell once called AIDS "the greatest weapon of mass destruction the world has ever known". According to the 2006 report of UNAIDS, there are at least thirteen million children in sub-Saharan Africa and fifteen million worldwide who are orphans due to AIDS. Although the economic and social effects on African society are worse than most Americans could dream of, there is reason for hope!
Just three years ago, less than 2% of Africans in need of antiretroviral drug therapy for AIDS were receiving that treatment. Today, that number of treated has risen to 17%. HIV infection rates are actually coming down in several African nations. The United States government has launched an unprecedented avalanche of finacial aid aimed at fighting the battle of AIDS in Africa. Public figures including Bill Gates, Bono, Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie and Madonna have lent their support and their name to the fight. Hundreds of grassroots organizations are rising up across America, bringing hope to the sick and the poor.
Aid Africa's Children has a dream and a mission: to bring hope, healing and new life to African communities devastated by AIDS and poverty. We hope our website will reveal to you some of the ways we are making a difference for the children of Africa and those who care for them. Won't you join us? Together we can make a difference—one child, and one community at a time!
We make a difference by saving vulnerable children's lives, providing for healing and lasting hope in African communities devastated by poverty and AIDS, one community at a time.
We accomplish this through the administering of emergent medical care and providing for ongoing sources for food, fresh water, shelter, and medical assistance. We implement personal and community development programs that educate and empower a healthy sustenance.