God, AIDS, Africa & HOPE

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20.08.2010 Duesseldorf…

A sunny morning promising a real summer day: I am on the way to Duesseldorf to visit the famous “Koenigsallee”. The GM of the Intercontinental, Mr. Joerg Boeckeler, organised a fundraising campaign for HOPE Cape Town and today, I am invited to join for a press conference midday, followed by the handing over of a cheque and then a luncheon with the co-organisators.

Yesterday evening I was given the “Paulinus” which is the official newspaper of the Diocese of Trier. They report in a major article again about HOPE Cape Town in connection with the “Ithemba” movie of Lutz van Dyk, who is also living and working close to Cape Town. At the same time I get a report back of a fair, the Catholic and other churches have held in Neuwied in lieu of HOPE Cape Town last Sunday.

People are dedicated and working hard to support HOPE Cape Town – and I feel again how blessed HOPE Cape Town is to have so many supporters. But it also means that we have to work very hard as HOPE Cape Town to transfer all this support into real life changers  for those, we are serving in the various communities of the Western Cape.

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POZ magazine: Major Cities Must Increase HIV/AIDS Efforts

Major cities around the world must increase their HIV/AIDS efforts, said Michel Sidibe, executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), during a visit to Shanghai, UNAIDS reports. He recommended cities use their social services systems and other available resources to provide universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. Sidibe said many major cities have yet to take those steps in their HIV/AIDS efforts.

Source: http://www.poz.com/rssredir/articles/UNAIDS_HIV_efforts_1_18939.shtml

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18.08.2010 Deja Vu..

Normally, my trips to Germany are only filled with appointments, meetings, talks, but this time I managed to have some days more on a private note: to visit my family and to introduce a friend of mine to Germany before he is starting a 3 weeks intensive course in German. Besides the fact, that the late summer in Germany shows worse than the winter in Cape Town it is a strange feeling to visit the places of childhood and growing up. So many things have changed and one feels more a visitor – it was the right decision to remain in South Africa and continue working in the fields of expertise I am familar with.

But time is flying and the weekend will see me back in working mood, St.Gerold in the Walzertal is the first place to share my experience of work with HOPE Cape Town before Hamburg Blankenese coming Monday.

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POZ Magazine: Free Crack Pipes for HIV Prevention in Seattle

The People’s Harm Reduction Alliance, a Seattle-based nonprofit group, has started a new program that hands out free crack pipes to reduce HIV transmission, Hip-Hop Wired reports. The group claims cuts on the mouth from broken pipes contribute to HIV transmission. The group also runs a needle exchange program for intravenous drug users. Studies support needle exchange programs for HIV prevention, officials said, but no similar studies exist for distributing free crack pipes.

Source: http://www.poz.com/rssredir/articles/free_crack_pipes_seattle_1_18914.shtml

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POZ Magazine: India Expands Female Condom Program

India will expand its female condom program from eight states to 17 in an effort to control HIV rates among female sex workers and other women at high risk, The Times of India reports. The program empowers women to encourage condom use with their partners and to address concerns about male partners’ unwillingness to use protection. The program could expand nationwide once data from the 17 states is reviewed. Nearly 50 percent of new HIV cases annually in India occur among women.

Source: http://www.poz.com/rssredir/articles/India_femalecondom_program_1_18938.shtml

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