AIDS has been scary in our world for a long time, but because the bad news takes precedence, I worry people overlook some of the progress made. The above video shows Selinah, a woman with AIDS who agreed to be filmed every day for 90 days. Below is a video of her after treatment. The impact of the disease is devastating, and the impact our world has made on it has been amazing.
Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, so I picked a four star charity, AIDS United, "AIDS United’s mission is to end the AIDS epidemic in the United States. We seek to fulfill our mission through strategic grantmaking, capacity building, policy/advocacy, technical assistance and formative research." (https://www.aidsunited.org/About.aspx) AIDS United has many programs and offers grants. You can find both here https://www.aidsunited.org/Programs-0024-Grantmaking.aspx. You can also watch great webinars here https://www.aidsunited.org/webinars/.
This blog post is from a National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day program last year https://www.aidsunited.org/blog/Default.aspx?id=97.
Progress, research, advocacy, and eliminating stigma in society help everyone, whether it is someone affected by AIDS/HIV or any other issue or illness. I wish us all as much healing and progress as Selinah has had.
Progress, research, advocacy, and eliminating stigma in society help everyone, whether it is someone affected by AIDS/HIV or any other issue or illness. I wish us all as much healing and progress as Selinah has had.
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