a message from rev canon dr gideon byamugisha goodwill ambassador on hiv & aids, christian aid...

A message from Rev Canon Dr

Gideon Byamugisha

Goodwill Ambassador on HIV & AIDS, Christian AidConvener, Global Working Group on Faith, SSDDIM & HIV

The year of the 30th anniversary of the first AIDS diagnosis.

33.4 million people - like myself -

are now living with HIV.

Who are they?

They are young and old. Male and female.

Black, white and brown. Rich and poor.

Educated and illiterate. Urban and rural.

They are, simply, human.

They are you and me.

AIDS has killed as many people as 25 tsunamis.

Leaving hundreds of thousands of orphans.

Enough is enough.

We must end AIDS before it celebrates its 50th birthday

in 2031

Before it ends us.

We each have a role to play.

My fellow faith leaders and I are reaching out through our congregations

To say “You can be SAVEd”

Through Safer practices, not just sexual, but also medical and social.

S

Through Access to treatment and nutrition

S A

Through Voluntary counseling and testing

S A V

Through Empowerment and education.

S A V E

And through rejecting StigmaShame

DiscriminationDenial

Inaction and

Mis-action

S A V E

approach.S A V E

We are urging all faith leaders to learn the

To teach it to their congregations.

To use practical community action,

Advocacy,

And prayer.

To overcome HIV and AIDS.

To succeed, the spread of the SAVE message

must outrun the spread of the virus

SPREAD THE WORD, NOT THE VIRUS

So please pass this message on…

We each have a role to play.

Come to www.savecampaign.org/whatyoucando.html

and find out what yours could be.