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Archive for December, 2007

2007 AIDS Epidemic Update

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

The 2007 AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. The 2007 edition provides the most recent estimates of the AIDS epidemic and explores new findings and trends in the epidemic’s evolution. Read the full report.

The news is good in that it shows that …

Aids project keeps kids on the ball

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

From The Times
by Pheliswa Mayekiso and Angela Nauman

THE Isaac Booi School is a plain brick- lined double storey building in Port Elizabeth’s Zwide township. It is just after one o’clock in the afternoon, classes are over, yet the playground is still buzzing with activity.

Standing out in the crowd of …

Grassroot Soccer – Football’s Fight Against Aids

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

One Girl’s Story of Courage – Courtesy of FIFA

Lungi has more to write about than most poets. By the age of nine, she had lost both of her parents to South Africa’s AIDS epidemic. With her sister, she was forced …

Grassroot Soccer is Growing – Help Further the Team’s Success!

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Dear Friend:

I am writing to share some exciting information about the progress that we are making in the fight against AIDS in Africa. As we prepare to enter our sixth year of operation, I am extremely excited about our growing impact and the upcoming opportunities for GRS to …

Grass-rootin’ for Policy Change

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

From the Dartmonth.com
by Lucas Richardson

“In Zambia, sex is not a negotiation,” Gesh Banda, a Grassroot Soccer program assistant, and a 23-year-old native of Lusaka, Zambia, told me the other day during a conversation about Zambian culture. Gesh explained that in a typical Zambian relationship, men control all “terms” …