December 2009

 
 
Get Creative - Name our E-News and Win!
AMREF is re-launching this monthly e-newsletter in 2010 and wants your ideas for a vibrant, exciting new name.
 
Our e-newsletter will feature improved content, more videos and in-depth stories of the people you help empower towards better health. And it's time to give it a name! 
 
Send your suggestions on what to call our new and improved monthly electronic newsletter to Melanie.The winner will receive a copy of the Academy Award nominated documentary, War/Dance.
 


World AIDS Day 2009 – Universal Access and Human Rights
 Today marks the 21st Anniversary of World AIDS Day. This  year’s event focuses on universal access to prevention,  treatment and care as a critical human right. In the last year  1.9 million people became newly infected with HIV in Sub-  Saharan Africa. The region is also home to two thirds of  people living with disease and 75% of all AIDS related deaths  worldwide.  

 But with more than 30 HIV/AIDS projects AMREF works  closely with local communities and health councils to stop new  infections and help people with HIV live healthier lives.

Help fight the AIDS pandemic by making a World AIDS Day donation to AMREF Canada today.   


New Video – Minimizing the Impact of HIV in Uganda 
 
Now you can see how AMREF’s community outreach programs provide a vital link between vulnerable communities and health systems across East Africa.  
 
Watch this new video and meet Simon Kabugo an AMREF outreach worker and his patient Tito (both pictured on the right). Tito is HIV positive and has been caring for his children by himself since his wife died from AIDS.
 
When Simon first visited Tito he was very sick and without medication. Find out how the outreach program has saved Tito’s life.
 
You can also help fight the AIDS pandemic by making a World AIDS Day donation to AMREF Canada. Please donate now. 


AMREF Photo Exhibit Tours Edmonton
AMREF Canada is pleased to announce the Better Health for Africa Photo Exhibit will be shown in different locations across Edmonton.
 
A visually stunning photo exhibit, Better Health for Africa, provides an inside glimpse into AMREF’s work across East and Southern Africa. The selection of 20 photographs were taken by a variety of photographers from around the world who are passionate about AMREF’s work.
 
If you’re in Edmonton please visit Better Health in Africa!
 


 Exhibit Locations
 
University of Alberta Rutherford Library
West Edmonton Mall Chapel
University of Alberta Hospital (main floor)

See full schedule details.
 

Get Your AMREF Holiday Cards Today!
Join our Health for Africa monthly giving program for only a dollar a day or donate $50 before December 18, 2009 and we will send you a set of 10 beautiful holiday greeting cards (pictured on the right, photo by Tim Bishop/Diageo).
 
Each card is a photo of children who are benefiting from your support.  
 

                 

 Support our programs by making a donation.