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03/06/2011 • 9:59 pm Comments Off on Sunday evening blues..

Sunday evening blues..

Sunday eve in Fallersleben – and a long travel week draws to a close while another is just beginning. The last three days were intense: the last meeting of the team trying to move the world, not only alone and in 100 days but with many more supporters and with a move, which will be felt for years to come. At the same time, while I am sitting here close to Wolfsburg and trying to get my mind around safety tips for the trip, fundraising concepts and much more, at home in Cape Town we are busy to shortlist the applications for the directors post. The ability to bi-locate, to be at two different places at the same time remains wishful thinking, but would be necessary on such days. Not to forget that the administration of the “Bundesgartenschau” in Koblenz wishes urgently to have the plan for October, when we will have “our day” of AIDS awareness and prevention within the framework of the show. A whole day, the podium is ours and together with the AIDS-Hilfe Koblenz we have to fill the space months in advance.Even being at two places at the same time seems not enough.. 🙂

But moving the world requires multi-tasking – but also requires the support and the network of each and everybody. In the times of the internet this may mean to visit websites:

www.waae.de
www.hopecapetown.com
www. hopegala.de

are three of those close to my heart on this Sunday eve. Where ever you are, reading this, you can be part of a big movement, you can contribute whatever you can – in ideas, in time, in donation, in the one Euro, which we need from 5 000 000 people to make our move becomes a reality. It does not matter where you live – in Germany, in South Africa or somewhere else along the way of our expedition or far away: you have a constant invitation to join in and to spread the message of hope and future and even to be a piece of this hope for others.

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02/16/2011 • 9:18 am Comments Off on Invitation to the prestigious Ball of HOPE 28.05.2011

Invitation to the prestigious Ball of HOPE 28.05.2011

Join us once again for this prestigious event and play a significant role in the lives of many needy children and their families in the Western Cape.

The Ball of HOPE 2011

Saturday, 28th May 2011 at 18h30 for 19h00
at the Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays
Dress Code: Black Tie

Ball of HOPE invitation 2011

Ball of Hope BOOKING FORM

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02/11/2011 • 9:31 am Comments Off on 1 HOPE Cape Town Golf Day – 1.4.2011 Cape Town

1 HOPE Cape Town Golf Day – 1.4.2011 Cape Town

HOPE Cape Town is proud to announce the first HOPE Golf Day in Cape Town under the patronage of His Excellency, Mr Dieter Haller, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to South Africa

The Golf Day is open to everybody wanting to make a difference in the lives of children and families living with the HI virus – please find detailed invite by clicking on:

1 HOPE Golf Event

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12/17/2010 • 8:29 am Comments Off on POZ Magazine: World AIDS Day: 1 Million Now on HIV Meds in South Africa

POZ Magazine: World AIDS Day: 1 Million Now on HIV Meds in South Africa

One million people are now on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in South Africa, according to an announcement December 1 by South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, which was reported by Agence France-Presse.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. The United Nations estimates that out of a population of 50 million, 5.6 million are living with HIV. The country went through nearly a decade of inaction on the epidemic—largely a result of then President Thabo Mbeki’s skepticism about the link between HIV and AIDS. This changed toward the end of the past decade, with the implementation of one of the largest ARV distribution programs in the world.
Deputy President Motlanthe and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi kicked off their World AIDS Day observation by visiting the homes of households affected by the epidemic in a rural South African village. “What we are observing here is the devastation of HIV/AIDS. All four houses we visited here were headed by grandmothers who are looking after orphans,” said Motsoaledi, adding: “What is left for us is to see how we pick up the pieces.”  Picking up the pieces is something that the country has been quick to do in recent years. The country now has the highest rate of people with HIV on ARV therapy on the African continent, and in the past year it hit this new milestone.
“More than 200,000 new patients have been initiated on ARVs since April this year, bringing a total number to 1 million,” Motlanthe told a public gathering to mark World AIDS Day in the eastern province of Mpumalanga.

Source:  http://www.poz.com/rssredir/articles/hiv_southafrica_antiretroviral_761_19491.shtml

Filed under: HIV and AIDS, HIV Prevention, HIV Treatment, Politics and Society, Society and living environment, , , , ,

11/22/2010 • 7:50 pm Comments Off on POZ Magazine: South Africa to Spend $88B Over 20 Years on HIV Prevention

POZ Magazine: South Africa to Spend $88B Over 20 Years on HIV Prevention

South Africa-one of the countries hardest hit by the AIDS epedemic-is stepping up efforts to reduce HIV rates, The Associated Press (AP) reports.  Having spent $2 billion in 2009 on prevention, the South African government plans to spend $88 billion during the next 20 years. This is projected to reduce the annual HIV rate from 500,000 to 350,000. An international team of experts has proposed a more extensive strategy to cut the annual HIV rate to 200,000 at a cost of $102 billion. There are questions as to whether international donors will provide sufficient financial support for the strategy.

To read the AP article, click here.

Source:  http://www.poz.com/rssredir/articles/South_Africa_Prevention_1_19445.shtml

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