This Month : December 2009

HIV/AIDS - everyone is infected or affected - here are the facts and the reality

HIV/AIDS is a global problem.

There are 33 million people living with HIV worldwide, 25 million people have died from AIDS related illnesses and 15 million children have been orphaned due to AIDS.

In the last year there were 2.7 million new HIV infections, 2 million children around the world living with HIV and more than 80,000 people living in the UK with the virus

It is easy to get lost in the enormity of those statistics, but it is important to remember that behind every statistic is a face, behind every number is a precious life that is being destroyed by this unsympathetic and unrelenting disease.

The Salvation Army is responding, bringing hope, joy and light into situations of fear, despair and darkness. As we explore the darkness of the disease of HIV/AIDS in these videos, I hope that you will see that we all have the opportunity to get involved and SHINE LIGHT, GIVE LIGHT and SHOUT LIGHT.

Watch these videos

Find out more

To find out more about how to get involved and to order your free resource pack, visit www.salvationarmy.org.uk/hivaids