13 Million Children to Join Giant HIV/AIDS Lesson

none 01 Nov 2006 – 11:10 (modified on 29 Nov 2006 – 15:57)

by mlepeska

© GMC

Over 13 million children from 60 countries worldwide will join a giant simultaneous lesson on HIV/AIDS this World AIDS Day, 1 December.

Hundreds of thousands of schools and youth groups in countries from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe will participate in the Lesson for Life, learning about HIV/AIDS and mobilising children and their communities to work together to change the destiny of children affected with HIV and AIDS.

Organised by the Global Movement for Children in the framework of the World AIDS Campaign, the Lesson for Life will involve some children urging their governments to take as much action on HIV/AIDS as children themselves are taking.

"In the Lesson for Life, children from across the world will be tackling the HIV/AIDS crisis head on," said Miquel De Paladella, from the Global Movement for Children. "Our leaders must sit up and take notice of these children - their innovation and energy puts on governments to shame."

In Zambia, children have been visiting ministers and will speak at a launch event to demand free treatment for their friends living with AIDS, in Vietnam children will quiz ministers in a live Q & A session, and in France children from across Paris will meet for a giant lesson in UNESCO's general assembly.

Children are missing from global awarenss, budgets and action on HIV/AIDS, and do not have the services, care, support and knowledge that they need.

  • Fewer than 5% of HIV-positive children have access to treatment.
  • Less than 10 % of children who have lost parents to AIDS get public support or care.

Please see Lessons for Life for more information

Comments

You are not allowed to post comments because you are not registered or you are not logged in.