WORLD AIDS DAY
December 1, 2014
Welcome to our first e-newsletter!
We'll offer this update at least once a month to let you know what your support is achieving for Child AIDS Prevention — CAP. In between eNewsletters you can stay current with our activities, including the 25th anniversary of the Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project, through our Facebook page.
Our vision for babies in Africa
CAP's mission is to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS. Our method includes identification to increase awareness in the villages, AIDS education for women of child-bearing age, HIV testing of pregnant women, counseling of HIV positive women, and finally treatment before and after childbirth during the breastfeeding period. Your contribution will save babies' lives.
New partnership with Save the Children
Five Los Altos Rotarians traveled to Washington, D.C. Oct. 24 to plan with our new partner, Save the Children Federation, the largest international organization focusing on child and maternal health.
The Rotary/Save the Children planning team includes (left to right) Steve Pomeroy, Marlene Cowan, Diana Myers (SC), Susan O'Halloran (SC), Dr. Kechi Achebe (SC), Rich Casey, Allan Varni, Kellie McDonald (SC), and Dr. Jack Higgins.
The Ebola outbreak in west Africa, which seems to be slowing, has delayed our work. However, we believe Save's effort to curtail the Ebola outbreak is urgent. We'll report more on progress in Liberia when the Save staff can come up for air.
Next step? With Save we discussed which country to focus CAP efforts on next. The final decision will be announced soon in our e-newsletter.
The Challenge for Children
Here we share the sobering facts learned from Dr. Kechi Achebe at Save the Children US this month. The children's need is overwhelming!
- As of 2013, approx. 35 million people globally are living with HIV/AIDS. Of these, 3.2 million were children under 15.
- 71% of people living with HIV are in Africa.
- Most of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa and were infected by their HIV-positive mothers during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding.
Together let's work to Prevent Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT).
Video of courage
On our Facebook page, you can see Mary Prochnow, the first volunteer to help Los Altos Rotary Club President Dude Angius launch the Rotary AIDS Project in 1989. In this video she describes how the "magic" began.
December 1 is World AIDS Day; it's time to celebrate 25 years of raising AIDS awareness! More news later on this important event.
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DONATE NOW . . . because the only thing a mother passes on should be love.
You can finish 2014 with the knowledge you have saved the lives of many newborns. Please help prevent HIV/AIDS in babies with your fully tax-deductible donation to the "Rotary AIDS Project", a 501(c)(3) organization (77-0266646). Tax receipt letters are sent to all donors. Your check can be mailed to:
Rotary AIDS Project
P.O. Box 794
Los Altos, CA 94023-0794
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