Tag Archives | AIDS prevention
Kenyan Women's Parade to Celebrate Clinic Opening

Magic Johnson, HIV/AIDS and No Denial

By on July 12, 2012 in Stories, World Poverty

The AIDS 2012 Conference will be taking place in Washington, D.C., from July 22-27. In anticipation of this gathering that will connect AIDS experts from around the world, PBS’ Frontline aired a program this week on the disease, specifically as it has affected African Americans. You may imagine that Magic Johnson and his famous admission [...]

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Focusing on young people is key to stopping the AIDS pandemic

By on May 4, 2012 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

AIDS orphans are so abundant in our world that many people recognize today, May 7, as World AIDS Orphans Day. There are some 15 million AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa alone and, over the past few weeks, we’ve highlighted a few of them in our Poverty 180 blog. In case you missed it, click here [...]

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What “stigma” really means to one Haitian family

By on January 3, 2011 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

As mentioned in the last blog post, much of the progress made by Food for the Hungry and other NGOs in Haiti was greatly hindered by the massive January 2010 earthquake. Still, right now, dedicated Haitians and people from other countries devote themselves to stopping AIDS in Haiti through education, prevention, and care for those already infected. In [...]

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In Haiti, what does the earthquake have to do with HIV/AIDS?

By on December 20, 2010 in Disaster Relief

The quake that rocked Haiti at the beginning of this year was beyond devastating, instantly. I don’t need to barrage you with statistics because I think most of us have a general understanding of what happened and how it left the country in even deeper poverty. But it only occurred to me yesterday, in talking [...]

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