Did you know that..
- HIV has infected more than 90 million people worldwide since the epidemic began?
- More than 40 million men, women and children are living with HIV/AIDS as of end of 2003?
- More than 17 million women and 2.2 million children are presently living with HIV/AIDS?
- 4.9 million people were newly infected with HIV in 2004; an average of 10 new infections every minute?
- 640,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2004, and an additional 510,000 died of AIDS?!
- A total 3.1 million people have lost their lives to AIDS?
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Committed in our efforts to create a safe environment free from the harm of AIDS/HIV for the people in Malaysia.
Did you also know that the increasing rate of AIDS infection in Malaysia can be attributed to various reasons? For example, the lack or awareness and education on AIDS/HIV and the misconception that HIV/AIDS relates only to certain high-risk groups leads some people to continue to practice unsafe behaviours and deny the need to undergo a HIV test.
If you have a minute to spare, learn about the economic and social impacts of AIDS/HIV. It is true that what you don’t know won’t hurt you. But it is also true that what you know can save YOUR life.
Besides information, the Malaysian AIDS Foundation also offers a host of assistance schemes, scholarship programs, project grants as well as media awards.
In order to support my HIV treatment, I started a small business by packing T-shirts for suppliers. I used a normal household iron in my business but this was very slow. With a loan from the Business Assistance Scheme, I purchased an industrial iron for my business. Before, I could only pack 500 T-shirts. Now, I pack about 1000 T-shirts a day. My income had since doubled.
-Annie, Businesswoman, HIV positive
Now, if you would like to make a donation to the Malaysian AIDS Foundation, check out their fundraising efforts. There are many ways to help support their work. For example you could make a general donation, create hope for people living with AIDS/HIV, help raise funds from the sale of YOUR products or services, volunteer your time and talent with them and through personal resolutions.
Rest assured that every-single-sen you donate will go a long way in helping people living with AIDS/HIV:
- 10 sen will help print one leaflet that can educate at least 5 people about AIDS/HIV prevention.
- RM 1 will help buy a condom to protect someone from HIV infection through one sexual encounter.
- RM 3 will help meet the basic essential needs of one child for a day.
- RM 12 will help buy one day’s supply of an antiretroviral drug that can help improve quality of life for a person living with AIDS/HIV.
For more information, head on to the Malaysian AIDS Foundation.
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