Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo is among 3 best players voted for Europe's Best Player of the year award.
Others are Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Kaka of AC Milan.
Basing of the fact that Kaka won the UEFA Champions League title this year and his own contribution - by scoring important goals throught the campaign, he is poised to pip the rest and take the award!
Even myself I would go for Kaka (just for today only!)
Saturday, 1 December 2007
Ukimwi: Mababu na Mabibi walea wajukuu!
Ni nyakati za jioni siku ya Ijumaa tunapowasili sehemu inayoitwa Ghuba ya Richard yaani Richard`s Bay huko Durban, Afrika Kusini.
Nia ya ziara yetu hapa ni kutembelea miradi ya Msalaba Mwekundu eneo la KwaZulu Natal.
Wakati huohuo wa jioni tunatembezwa sehemu mbalimbali ili kuzifahamu mapema sehemu ambazo tungezitembelea kesho yake asubuhi.
Tunapopita eneo la Slovo, eneo ambalo limekuwepo kwa muda wa miaka kumi tangu lianzishwe, tunakutana na watoto wengi wakiwa wanajishughulisha na kazi mbalimbali za nyumbani, kama vile kubeba kuni na ndoo za maji kichwani, kusafisha vyombo, na kadhalika.
Inaonekana kama vile watoto hawa hawana muda wa kucheza, na hivyo, tunaamua kuitembelea moja ya familia zilizo eneo hili.
Bibi Busisiwe Ngwekizi, mwenye umri wa miaka 70 anafungua mlango wa nyumba yake.
`Ninaishi na wajukuu wangu wawili, Phindile, mwenye umri wa miaka minane, na Thandeka, mwenye umri wa miaka 13. Mama zao walifariki miaka mine iliyopita,` anasema.
Habari hii ya kusikitisha ni jambo la kawaida katika eneo hilo.
Si kwamba watoto wanaishi katika mazingira magumu tu kwa vile wazazi wao wamefariki kutokana na Ukimwi, bali babu na bibi wa watoto hao wanajikuta hawana muda wa kupumzika maishani mwao kutokana na jukumu la kuwalea wajukuu zao licha ya umri wao kuwa mkubwa.
`Wote walifariki mwezi mmoja mwaka 2001, na wote nilikuwa nikiwahudumia wakati wakiwa wagonjwa,` anasema bi kizee huyo huku machozi yakimtiririkia kwenye mashavu yake yaliyokunjamana.
`Ulikuwa ni wakati mgumu kwangu kuwahudumia binti zangu na watoto wao. Nilipitisha siku nyingi bila kuwa na usingizi kutokana na hali ilivyokuwa inazidi kuwa mbaya,` anaongeza kusema.
`Tulikumbwa na ukame mkubwa mwaka huo na chakula kikawa adimu. Mabinti zangu hao wawili walikuwa wakipata dawa za tiba na walikuwa wanatakiwa kula vizuri kabla ya kumeza dawa, lakini chakula kilikuwa hakipatikani.`
Busisiwe, kama walivyo wazee wengine, anapata pensheni ya Randi 720 za Afrika Kusini kwa mwezi ambazo ni sawa na shilingi 125,000 za Tanzania, lakini kutokana na majukumu aliyo nayo, fedha hiyo haitoshi.
`Niliweza tu kununua debe la unga ambalo tulilitumia kwa ajili ya kupata chakula chetu nyumbani,` aanasema .
Licha ya juhudi zake, binti za Busisiwe waliaga dunia na kumwacha mama yao mpendwa, na kumwachia jukumu kubwa la kuwalea watoto wao wachanga.
Ni karibu miaka mine sasa tangu wafariki na hakuna mafanikio yoyote ya matumaini kutokana na umri wake kuongezeka, wakati ambapo mahitaji ya watoto hao yanazidi kuongezeka kulingana na wanavyokua.
Kipato chake kinamlazimu kufanya maamuzi magumu.
`Kutokana na pensheni hiyo, ninalazimika kulipa karo za watoto hao, kuwanunulia chakula, nguo na mahitaji mengine,` anasema.
Alishindwa kulipa ada kwa vile fedha ilitumika kununulia dawa kwa ajili ya matatizo yake ya ugonjwa wa kisukari.
Anategemea kulipa ada hiyo mwezi ujao, jambo ambalo linamaanisha hatakuwa na fedha ya kutosha kununulia chakula.
``Ninazidi kuzeeka na kuchoka. Sijui nini kitawakumba watoto hawa nikifa, lakini ninataka wakue wawe watu wazima,`` anasema Busisiwe kwa masikitiko.
Karibu na nyumba yake kuna makaburi ya binti zake. Mambo yakiwa magumu zaidi huenda kusali eneo hilo akiwa na matumaini ya binti zake kujibu maombi yake kutoka mahali walipolala.
Tunapozungumza naye giza tayari limeingia na hapana moto uliowashwa kwa ajili ya kutayarisha chakula cha jioni kwani hakuna cha kupika.
`Ndiyo kwanza nimetoka kufanya kazi katika shamba moja la mtu, lakini sijalipwa chochote kwa vile kazi yenyewe sijaimaliza. Usiku wa leo tutakula vipande vya mkate vilivyo bakia siku tatu zilizopita,` anasema Busisiwe.
Janga la VVU/Ukimwi limekifuta kizazi kizima. Kwa upande wa wazee, hali inazidi kuwa mbaya. Badala ya wao kutunzwa na watoto wao, wanalazimika kuwatunza wajukuu zao. Hali ya Busisiwe ni kielelezo kamili cha eneo la KwaZulu Natal ambako watoto hulelewa na babu au bibi zao.
`Ni kazi ngumu sana kwa wazee kulea watoto,`anasema Anne-Marie Kazungu, mrabitu wa VVU/ukimwi wa tawi la Richard`s Bay la Chama cha Msalaba Mwekundu cha Afrika Kusini. `Watoto wengi wameacha shule kwa sababu kadhaa.
Wengine ni kwa kukosa karo, chakula na nguo au kulazimika kuwasaidia babu au bibi zao kwa kazi za mashambani,` anasema Anne-Marie, akiongeza kwamba baadhi ya watoto wameajiriwa kufanya kazi za malipo duni au wao wenyewe kuendesha ukahaba ili kuweza kuwatunza wadogo au watoto wao.
`Hivi sasa tunatoa vyakula na mablanketi na vifaa vingine kwa familia mbalimbali, lakini hatuna uwezo wa kuzisaidia familia zote zenye matatizo haya.
Misaada hii ni midogo sana ukilinganisha na hali inavyozidi kuwa mbaya,` anasema.
`Tunatia maanani sana mustakabali wa watoto hawa.
Angalao wakimaliza elimu inayostahili, wanaweza kujikimu wenyewe na wadogo au watoto wao,` anasema Anne-Marie, akiwataka wadau wote kujitokeza kuwasaidia watoto waliokumbwa na janga la VVU/Ukimwi.
Taasisi ya Shirikisho la Kimataifa (International Federation) kusini mwa Afrika imeanzisha kampeni ya utetezi chini ya wito wa `Watoto Wetu, Mustakabali Wetu` ili kuwasaidia watoto waliokumbwa na matatizo haya.
`Hali itakuwa mbaya sana iwapo mataifa ya Kusini mwa Afrika na wadau wote wasipotoa misaada kwa yatima na watoto wengine wenye matatizo yanayotokana na VVU/Ukimwi,` anasisitiza Françoise Le Goff, mkuu wa shirikisho hilo tawi la Harare, Zimbabwe.
Mwanamke huyo anasisitiza haja ya wadau wote, hususani sekta binafsi, serikali na taasisi za misaada ya kibinadamu, kushiriki katika kuwahudumia yatima na watoto waliokumbwa na janga la VVU/Ukimwi katika masuala ya chakula, afya, elimu, makazi, mavazi, na kadhalika, ili kuhakikisha hali yao bora siku zijazo.
`Janga la kimya lenye nguvu ya tsunami linakiangamiza kimya-kimya kizazi cha sasa, na kuwaacha mamilioni ya watoto katika matatizo. Ni muhimu kwa wadau wote kuungana na kulitatua tatizo hili.
Tusipofanya hivyo, tutapoteza watawala, wafanyabiashara, wafanyakazi na wateja wetu wa siku zijazo. Inatulazimu kuanza kuwekeza kwa watoto hawa sasa,` anaongeza kusema.
Inakadiriwa kwamba kuna yatima zaidi ya 4,132,000 waliotokana na janga la Ukimwi katika nchi kumi za Kusini mwa Afrika ambamo Chama cha Msalaba Mwekundu kinaendesha shughuli zake, robo yao wakiwa nchini Afrika Kusini.
Idadi hiyo inatarajiwa kuongezeka maradufu ifikapo mwaka 2010.
* SOURCE: Nipashe, 01 Dec 2007
Nia ya ziara yetu hapa ni kutembelea miradi ya Msalaba Mwekundu eneo la KwaZulu Natal.
Wakati huohuo wa jioni tunatembezwa sehemu mbalimbali ili kuzifahamu mapema sehemu ambazo tungezitembelea kesho yake asubuhi.
Tunapopita eneo la Slovo, eneo ambalo limekuwepo kwa muda wa miaka kumi tangu lianzishwe, tunakutana na watoto wengi wakiwa wanajishughulisha na kazi mbalimbali za nyumbani, kama vile kubeba kuni na ndoo za maji kichwani, kusafisha vyombo, na kadhalika.
Inaonekana kama vile watoto hawa hawana muda wa kucheza, na hivyo, tunaamua kuitembelea moja ya familia zilizo eneo hili.
Bibi Busisiwe Ngwekizi, mwenye umri wa miaka 70 anafungua mlango wa nyumba yake.
`Ninaishi na wajukuu wangu wawili, Phindile, mwenye umri wa miaka minane, na Thandeka, mwenye umri wa miaka 13. Mama zao walifariki miaka mine iliyopita,` anasema.
Habari hii ya kusikitisha ni jambo la kawaida katika eneo hilo.
Si kwamba watoto wanaishi katika mazingira magumu tu kwa vile wazazi wao wamefariki kutokana na Ukimwi, bali babu na bibi wa watoto hao wanajikuta hawana muda wa kupumzika maishani mwao kutokana na jukumu la kuwalea wajukuu zao licha ya umri wao kuwa mkubwa.
`Wote walifariki mwezi mmoja mwaka 2001, na wote nilikuwa nikiwahudumia wakati wakiwa wagonjwa,` anasema bi kizee huyo huku machozi yakimtiririkia kwenye mashavu yake yaliyokunjamana.
`Ulikuwa ni wakati mgumu kwangu kuwahudumia binti zangu na watoto wao. Nilipitisha siku nyingi bila kuwa na usingizi kutokana na hali ilivyokuwa inazidi kuwa mbaya,` anaongeza kusema.
`Tulikumbwa na ukame mkubwa mwaka huo na chakula kikawa adimu. Mabinti zangu hao wawili walikuwa wakipata dawa za tiba na walikuwa wanatakiwa kula vizuri kabla ya kumeza dawa, lakini chakula kilikuwa hakipatikani.`
Busisiwe, kama walivyo wazee wengine, anapata pensheni ya Randi 720 za Afrika Kusini kwa mwezi ambazo ni sawa na shilingi 125,000 za Tanzania, lakini kutokana na majukumu aliyo nayo, fedha hiyo haitoshi.
`Niliweza tu kununua debe la unga ambalo tulilitumia kwa ajili ya kupata chakula chetu nyumbani,` aanasema .
Licha ya juhudi zake, binti za Busisiwe waliaga dunia na kumwacha mama yao mpendwa, na kumwachia jukumu kubwa la kuwalea watoto wao wachanga.
Ni karibu miaka mine sasa tangu wafariki na hakuna mafanikio yoyote ya matumaini kutokana na umri wake kuongezeka, wakati ambapo mahitaji ya watoto hao yanazidi kuongezeka kulingana na wanavyokua.
Kipato chake kinamlazimu kufanya maamuzi magumu.
`Kutokana na pensheni hiyo, ninalazimika kulipa karo za watoto hao, kuwanunulia chakula, nguo na mahitaji mengine,` anasema.
Alishindwa kulipa ada kwa vile fedha ilitumika kununulia dawa kwa ajili ya matatizo yake ya ugonjwa wa kisukari.
Anategemea kulipa ada hiyo mwezi ujao, jambo ambalo linamaanisha hatakuwa na fedha ya kutosha kununulia chakula.
``Ninazidi kuzeeka na kuchoka. Sijui nini kitawakumba watoto hawa nikifa, lakini ninataka wakue wawe watu wazima,`` anasema Busisiwe kwa masikitiko.
Karibu na nyumba yake kuna makaburi ya binti zake. Mambo yakiwa magumu zaidi huenda kusali eneo hilo akiwa na matumaini ya binti zake kujibu maombi yake kutoka mahali walipolala.
Tunapozungumza naye giza tayari limeingia na hapana moto uliowashwa kwa ajili ya kutayarisha chakula cha jioni kwani hakuna cha kupika.
`Ndiyo kwanza nimetoka kufanya kazi katika shamba moja la mtu, lakini sijalipwa chochote kwa vile kazi yenyewe sijaimaliza. Usiku wa leo tutakula vipande vya mkate vilivyo bakia siku tatu zilizopita,` anasema Busisiwe.
Janga la VVU/Ukimwi limekifuta kizazi kizima. Kwa upande wa wazee, hali inazidi kuwa mbaya. Badala ya wao kutunzwa na watoto wao, wanalazimika kuwatunza wajukuu zao. Hali ya Busisiwe ni kielelezo kamili cha eneo la KwaZulu Natal ambako watoto hulelewa na babu au bibi zao.
`Ni kazi ngumu sana kwa wazee kulea watoto,`anasema Anne-Marie Kazungu, mrabitu wa VVU/ukimwi wa tawi la Richard`s Bay la Chama cha Msalaba Mwekundu cha Afrika Kusini. `Watoto wengi wameacha shule kwa sababu kadhaa.
Wengine ni kwa kukosa karo, chakula na nguo au kulazimika kuwasaidia babu au bibi zao kwa kazi za mashambani,` anasema Anne-Marie, akiongeza kwamba baadhi ya watoto wameajiriwa kufanya kazi za malipo duni au wao wenyewe kuendesha ukahaba ili kuweza kuwatunza wadogo au watoto wao.
`Hivi sasa tunatoa vyakula na mablanketi na vifaa vingine kwa familia mbalimbali, lakini hatuna uwezo wa kuzisaidia familia zote zenye matatizo haya.
Misaada hii ni midogo sana ukilinganisha na hali inavyozidi kuwa mbaya,` anasema.
`Tunatia maanani sana mustakabali wa watoto hawa.
Angalao wakimaliza elimu inayostahili, wanaweza kujikimu wenyewe na wadogo au watoto wao,` anasema Anne-Marie, akiwataka wadau wote kujitokeza kuwasaidia watoto waliokumbwa na janga la VVU/Ukimwi.
Taasisi ya Shirikisho la Kimataifa (International Federation) kusini mwa Afrika imeanzisha kampeni ya utetezi chini ya wito wa `Watoto Wetu, Mustakabali Wetu` ili kuwasaidia watoto waliokumbwa na matatizo haya.
`Hali itakuwa mbaya sana iwapo mataifa ya Kusini mwa Afrika na wadau wote wasipotoa misaada kwa yatima na watoto wengine wenye matatizo yanayotokana na VVU/Ukimwi,` anasisitiza Françoise Le Goff, mkuu wa shirikisho hilo tawi la Harare, Zimbabwe.
Mwanamke huyo anasisitiza haja ya wadau wote, hususani sekta binafsi, serikali na taasisi za misaada ya kibinadamu, kushiriki katika kuwahudumia yatima na watoto waliokumbwa na janga la VVU/Ukimwi katika masuala ya chakula, afya, elimu, makazi, mavazi, na kadhalika, ili kuhakikisha hali yao bora siku zijazo.
`Janga la kimya lenye nguvu ya tsunami linakiangamiza kimya-kimya kizazi cha sasa, na kuwaacha mamilioni ya watoto katika matatizo. Ni muhimu kwa wadau wote kuungana na kulitatua tatizo hili.
Tusipofanya hivyo, tutapoteza watawala, wafanyabiashara, wafanyakazi na wateja wetu wa siku zijazo. Inatulazimu kuanza kuwekeza kwa watoto hawa sasa,` anaongeza kusema.
Inakadiriwa kwamba kuna yatima zaidi ya 4,132,000 waliotokana na janga la Ukimwi katika nchi kumi za Kusini mwa Afrika ambamo Chama cha Msalaba Mwekundu kinaendesha shughuli zake, robo yao wakiwa nchini Afrika Kusini.
Idadi hiyo inatarajiwa kuongezeka maradufu ifikapo mwaka 2010.
* SOURCE: Nipashe, 01 Dec 2007
Siku ya Ukimwi duniani
Rais Jakaya Kikwete, leo atatumia maadhimisho ya Ukimwi Duniani kuhutubia wananchi katika utaratibu wake aliojiwekea wa kuzungumza na Watanzania kila mwisho wa mwezi.
Taarifa iliyotolewa na Ikulu jana ilisema kuwa, maadhimisho hayo kitaifa yatafanyika Mkoani Tabora ambako atakuwa mgeni rasmi.
Kwa mujibu wa taarifa hiyo, Rais Kikwete amekuwa mstari wa mbele na mfano bora kwa Watanzania na dunia kwa ujumla kwa kuongoza katika upimaji Ukimwi na mkewe, wakati wa uzinduzi wa kampeni ya kupima kwa hiari hapa nchini iliyofanyika Julai 14, 2007.
`Kampeni ambayo imeendelea na kuongeza ujasiri kwa wananchi wa Tanzania ambapo siku ya kesho (leo) pia itatumika kuonyesha tathmini na mafanikio ya kampeni aliyozindua Rais,` ilieleza taarifa hiyo.
Kaulimbiu ya masuala ya Ukimwi mwaka huu inasema, `zuia Ukimwi, timiza ahadi yako, ongoza mapambano`, kauli inayotoa msisitizo kwa viongozi katika ngazi mbalimbali kuwa mfano kwa kuongoza mapambano dhidi ya Ukimwi.
Maadhimisho ya siku hii hutoa fursa kwa nchi na watu kutathmini hali halisi ya mwelekeo wa udhibiti na pia kubaini changamoto, mafanikio na kuweka mikakati ya baadaye ya kudhibiti janga la Ukimwi.
Wakati huo huo, naye Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mbeya, Bw. John Mwakipesile atawaongoza zaidi ya watu 1,000 katika maadhimisho ya Siku ya Ukimwi Duniani.
Maadhimisho hayo yanafanyika katika ukanda wa machimbo ya dhahabu wilayani Chunya.
Kwa mujibu wa Meneja wa shirika lisilo la kiserikali la Students Partnership Worldwide-Tanzania (SPW TZ), Bw. Kenneth Simbaya, maadhimisho hayo katika ngazi ya kimkoa yatafanyika katika kijiji cha Makongorosi na zaidi ya watu 1,000 wanatarajiwa kuhudhuria.
Alisema kutokana na kuwepo kwa machimbo ya wachimbaji wadogo wadogo wa dhahabu na mwingiliano wa watu na wafanyabiashara wilayani humo, eneo hilo limekuwa katika hatari kubwa ya maambukizo ya virusi vya Ukimwi.
Alisema sababu hizo ndizo zilizofanya maadhimisho hayo katika ngazi ya kimkoa yafanyike wilayani Chunya ili kutoa elimu zaidi kwa jamii.
Hivi karibuni Waziri Mkuu Edward Lowassa, akiwa katika ziara mkoani hapa, aliwahimiza viongozi na wananchi wa Wilaya ya Chunya kulivalia njuga suala la vita dhidi ya Ukimwi katika eneo hilo la machimbo ya dhahabu ili kuwanusuru wakazi wake.
Alisema maadhimisho hayo yameandaliwa kwa pamoja na Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Chunya na SPW TZ ili kuunga mkono vita dhidi ya Ukimwi.
Akizungumzia ujumbe wa mwaka huu, Bw. Simbaya alisema yapo mafanikio makubwa ambayo yamekwishapatikana tangu kuanza kwa ugonjwa huo.
Alisema mafanikio hayo yametokana na kuwepo kwa uongozi imara ambao umekuwa ukizungumzia tatizo la Ukimwi mara kwa mara.
* SOURCE: Nipashe, 01 Dec 2007
Taarifa iliyotolewa na Ikulu jana ilisema kuwa, maadhimisho hayo kitaifa yatafanyika Mkoani Tabora ambako atakuwa mgeni rasmi.
Kwa mujibu wa taarifa hiyo, Rais Kikwete amekuwa mstari wa mbele na mfano bora kwa Watanzania na dunia kwa ujumla kwa kuongoza katika upimaji Ukimwi na mkewe, wakati wa uzinduzi wa kampeni ya kupima kwa hiari hapa nchini iliyofanyika Julai 14, 2007.
`Kampeni ambayo imeendelea na kuongeza ujasiri kwa wananchi wa Tanzania ambapo siku ya kesho (leo) pia itatumika kuonyesha tathmini na mafanikio ya kampeni aliyozindua Rais,` ilieleza taarifa hiyo.
Kaulimbiu ya masuala ya Ukimwi mwaka huu inasema, `zuia Ukimwi, timiza ahadi yako, ongoza mapambano`, kauli inayotoa msisitizo kwa viongozi katika ngazi mbalimbali kuwa mfano kwa kuongoza mapambano dhidi ya Ukimwi.
Maadhimisho ya siku hii hutoa fursa kwa nchi na watu kutathmini hali halisi ya mwelekeo wa udhibiti na pia kubaini changamoto, mafanikio na kuweka mikakati ya baadaye ya kudhibiti janga la Ukimwi.
Wakati huo huo, naye Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mbeya, Bw. John Mwakipesile atawaongoza zaidi ya watu 1,000 katika maadhimisho ya Siku ya Ukimwi Duniani.
Maadhimisho hayo yanafanyika katika ukanda wa machimbo ya dhahabu wilayani Chunya.
Kwa mujibu wa Meneja wa shirika lisilo la kiserikali la Students Partnership Worldwide-Tanzania (SPW TZ), Bw. Kenneth Simbaya, maadhimisho hayo katika ngazi ya kimkoa yatafanyika katika kijiji cha Makongorosi na zaidi ya watu 1,000 wanatarajiwa kuhudhuria.
Alisema kutokana na kuwepo kwa machimbo ya wachimbaji wadogo wadogo wa dhahabu na mwingiliano wa watu na wafanyabiashara wilayani humo, eneo hilo limekuwa katika hatari kubwa ya maambukizo ya virusi vya Ukimwi.
Alisema sababu hizo ndizo zilizofanya maadhimisho hayo katika ngazi ya kimkoa yafanyike wilayani Chunya ili kutoa elimu zaidi kwa jamii.
Hivi karibuni Waziri Mkuu Edward Lowassa, akiwa katika ziara mkoani hapa, aliwahimiza viongozi na wananchi wa Wilaya ya Chunya kulivalia njuga suala la vita dhidi ya Ukimwi katika eneo hilo la machimbo ya dhahabu ili kuwanusuru wakazi wake.
Alisema maadhimisho hayo yameandaliwa kwa pamoja na Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Chunya na SPW TZ ili kuunga mkono vita dhidi ya Ukimwi.
Akizungumzia ujumbe wa mwaka huu, Bw. Simbaya alisema yapo mafanikio makubwa ambayo yamekwishapatikana tangu kuanza kwa ugonjwa huo.
Alisema mafanikio hayo yametokana na kuwepo kwa uongozi imara ambao umekuwa ukizungumzia tatizo la Ukimwi mara kwa mara.
* SOURCE: Nipashe, 01 Dec 2007
World AIDS Day Themes
World AIDS Day themes over the years have included:
2007 - Stop AIDS; Keep the Promise - Leadership
2006 - Stop AIDS; Keep the Promise - Accountability
2005 - Stop AIDS; Keep the Promise
2004 - Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS
2003 - Stigma & Discrimination
2002 - Stigma & Discrimination
2001 - I care. Do you?
2000 - AIDS : Men make a difference
1999 - Listen, Learn, Live: World AIDS Campaign with Children & Young People
1998 - Force for Change: World AIDS Campaign With Young People
1997 - Children Living in a World with AIDS
1996 - One World, One Hope
1995 - Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities
1994 - AIDS & the Family
1993 - Act
1992 - Community Commitment
1991 - Sharing the Challenge
1990 - Women & AIDS
1989 - Youth
1988 - Communication
From: http:/www.avert.org/worldaid.htm
2007 - Stop AIDS; Keep the Promise - Leadership
2006 - Stop AIDS; Keep the Promise - Accountability
2005 - Stop AIDS; Keep the Promise
2004 - Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS
2003 - Stigma & Discrimination
2002 - Stigma & Discrimination
2001 - I care. Do you?
2000 - AIDS : Men make a difference
1999 - Listen, Learn, Live: World AIDS Campaign with Children & Young People
1998 - Force for Change: World AIDS Campaign With Young People
1997 - Children Living in a World with AIDS
1996 - One World, One Hope
1995 - Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities
1994 - AIDS & the Family
1993 - Act
1992 - Community Commitment
1991 - Sharing the Challenge
1990 - Women & AIDS
1989 - Youth
1988 - Communication
From: http:/www.avert.org/worldaid.htm
Fighting AIDS: What is your role?
What can I do to support World AIDS Day?
There are many ways in which you can support World AIDS Day. For example:
Raise awareness of HIV and AIDS in your area
Wear a red ribbon and ask others to do the same
Sign up as a supporter of the Stop AIDS in Children campaign
Protect yourself and your partners - this is the first and best way to stop the spread of HIV
If you are worried - get tested
At school or work, you can support World AIDS Day by:
Having a dressing up, down or fancy dress day
Putting up some posters - get people talking
Making and selling red ribbons
Organising a creative writing/poster campaign
Setting up a debate or a quiz - there are lots of ideas for topics on our site
Cooking an international meal or having a cake sale
Arranging a sponsored three-legged race or balloon release
Getting your friends, family, colleagues or pupils to express their feelings and expand their knowledge about AIDS
Using your imagination!
World AIDS Day on the web
The internet is a great way to reach people all around the world - other people in many countries are reading this page right now. People now spend more of their daily lives online - at work, at school, at home. People shop, chat, make new friends, study and work online. If you want to get a message to as many people as possible, this could be the way to do it.
The AIDS red ribbon
The red ribbon is an international symbol of AIDS awareness that is worn by people all year round and particularly around World AIDS Day to demonstrate care and concern about HIV and AIDS, and to remind others of the need for their support and commitment.
The red ribbon started as a "grass roots" effort; as a result there is no one official AIDS ribbon manufacturer, and many people make their own. It's easily done - just use some ordinary red ribbon and a safety pin!
From: http://www.avert.org/worldaid.htm
(the title is mosonga's proposal)
There are many ways in which you can support World AIDS Day. For example:
Raise awareness of HIV and AIDS in your area
Wear a red ribbon and ask others to do the same
Sign up as a supporter of the Stop AIDS in Children campaign
Protect yourself and your partners - this is the first and best way to stop the spread of HIV
If you are worried - get tested
At school or work, you can support World AIDS Day by:
Having a dressing up, down or fancy dress day
Putting up some posters - get people talking
Making and selling red ribbons
Organising a creative writing/poster campaign
Setting up a debate or a quiz - there are lots of ideas for topics on our site
Cooking an international meal or having a cake sale
Arranging a sponsored three-legged race or balloon release
Getting your friends, family, colleagues or pupils to express their feelings and expand their knowledge about AIDS
Using your imagination!
World AIDS Day on the web
The internet is a great way to reach people all around the world - other people in many countries are reading this page right now. People now spend more of their daily lives online - at work, at school, at home. People shop, chat, make new friends, study and work online. If you want to get a message to as many people as possible, this could be the way to do it.
The AIDS red ribbon
The red ribbon is an international symbol of AIDS awareness that is worn by people all year round and particularly around World AIDS Day to demonstrate care and concern about HIV and AIDS, and to remind others of the need for their support and commitment.
The red ribbon started as a "grass roots" effort; as a result there is no one official AIDS ribbon manufacturer, and many people make their own. It's easily done - just use some ordinary red ribbon and a safety pin!
From: http://www.avert.org/worldaid.htm
(the title is mosonga's proposal)
"Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise"
World AIDS Day
According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2007 some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35.
Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world.
Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is not just about raising money, but also about increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.
The theme for World AIDS Day 2007
World AIDS Day was originally organised by UNAIDS, who chose the theme after consultation with other organisations. In 2005 UNAIDS handed over responsibility for World AIDS Day to an independent organisation known as The World AIDS Campaign (WAC).
The WAC’s slogan for their work is "Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise". This is an appeal to governments, policy makers and regional health authorities to ensure that they meet the many targets that have been set in the fight against HIV and AIDS, and especially the promise of universal access to HIV treatment, care, support and prevention services by 2010. This campaign will run until 2010, with a related theme chosen for World AIDS Day each year.
The 2007 theme, “leadership”, highlights the need for innovation, vision and perseverance in the face of the AIDS challenge. The campaign calls on all sectors of society such as families, communities and civil society organisations - rather than just governments - to take the initiative and provide leadership on AIDS.
From: www.avert.org/worldaid.htm
title: this years theme
According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2007 some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35.
Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world.
Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is not just about raising money, but also about increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.
The theme for World AIDS Day 2007
World AIDS Day was originally organised by UNAIDS, who chose the theme after consultation with other organisations. In 2005 UNAIDS handed over responsibility for World AIDS Day to an independent organisation known as The World AIDS Campaign (WAC).
The WAC’s slogan for their work is "Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise". This is an appeal to governments, policy makers and regional health authorities to ensure that they meet the many targets that have been set in the fight against HIV and AIDS, and especially the promise of universal access to HIV treatment, care, support and prevention services by 2010. This campaign will run until 2010, with a related theme chosen for World AIDS Day each year.
The 2007 theme, “leadership”, highlights the need for innovation, vision and perseverance in the face of the AIDS challenge. The campaign calls on all sectors of society such as families, communities and civil society organisations - rather than just governments - to take the initiative and provide leadership on AIDS.
From: www.avert.org/worldaid.htm
title: this years theme
AIDS kills 6,000 everyday!!!
World AIDS Day marked amid signs of progress
Activists sought Saturday to keep the battle against HIV in the public eye on World AIDS Day in the face of growing complacency amid progress in treating and slowing the spread of the disease.
Even the Miss World beauty pageant on the Chinese holiday island of Sanya was enlisted to get out the message that the disease daily kills some 6,000 people.
Chinese President Hu Jintao appeared on the front page of major state-controlled newspapers shaking the hand of a woman HIV carrier the day after the UN warned up to 50 million Chinese are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.
December 1 has become a time of grim stocktaking as AIDS campaigners worldwide sound the alarm over the disease's rampage through Africa, the threat it poses to Asia and former Soviet republics, and the risks to vulnerable communities such as sex workers, drug users and gay men.
In Australia, campaigners warned that complacency after earlier success in fighting HIV/AIDS risked giving rise to a new wave of infections.
"This is the moment it all could go astray. This is the moment when it can become a pandemic," said AIDS awareness educator Vince Lovegrove, calling for a new campaign aimed at a new generation.
Government figures show that by the end of 2006, 26,267 Australians had been diagnosed with HIV and 10,l25 people had been diagnosed with AIDS, with 6,723 having died.
Last month, UNAIDS announced that the prevalence of HIV or AIDS -- the percentage of the world's population living with the HIV virus or the disease it causes -- peaked in the late 1990s.
The agency also reduced its estimate of the number of people living with HIV or AIDS to 33 million from nearly 40 million after overhauling data collection methods.
The tally of new infections has fallen, too, to an estimated 2.5 million in 2007 from 3.0 million in the late 1990s.
Meanwhile, the agonising effort to bring antiretroviral drugs to Africa, where more than two-thirds of the people with HIV/AIDS live, is now bearing fruit.
At the end of 2006, more than two million people were getting the vital pills, a 54 percent increase over the previous year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said Friday the number of people on antiretroviral (ARV) drugs it is funding has doubled in the past year to 1.4 million.
"Despite substantial progress against AIDS worldwide, we are still losing ground," says James Shelton of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in a commentary appearing on Saturday in medical journal The Lancet.
He says treatment is still only available to about 10 percent of those in need, while in developing countries, "the number of new infections continues to dwarf the numbers who start antiretroviral therapy in developing countries".
Indonesia -- which the UN says has the fastest growing HIV epidemic in Asia -- marked the day with the launch of its first national campaign to promote the use of condoms, which currently account for less than one percent of contraception use.
The campaign in the world's most populous Muslim nation aims to remove the stigma of condom use.
Stigma is also a concern for campaigners in South Korea, where the number of HIV/AIDS cases stood at 5,155 as of the end of September, the Korea Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The rate of new infections has been falling from 14.2 percent in 2004 to 11.5 percent in 2005 and 10.4 percent in 2006.
But experts cautioned the real number of HIV/AIDS infections would be much higher as South Korea has a strong social prejudice against the disease.
"Fixing the social prejudice is almost as urgent as fighting the disease itself," said Professor O Myung-Don of the Seoul National University Hospital.
Chinese health minister Chen Zhu earlier raised the estimate of the number of HIV/AIDS cases in China to about 700,000.
To raise awareness of the disease UNAIDS and the China Red Cross Foundation have organised the "Great AIDS Walk" on the Great Wall for Sunday.
One of the biggest areas of concern in the worldwide fight is funding.
According to the UN, there is currently an eight-billion-dollar shortfall in resources to fight AIDS.
To meet the Group of Eight (G8) goal of providing universal access to ARVs by 2010, 42 billion dollars will be needed. So far, only 15.4 billion is in the kitty.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaking in New York Friday, called on governments to accelerate effort towards that goal.
"I call for leadership among all governments in fully understanding the epidemic -- so that resources go where they are most needed," he said in a speech.
"And I call for leadership at all levels to scale up towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010," he said.
US President George W. Bush also marked the day by repeating his call on US lawmakers to double support for anti-AIDS programmes to 30 billion dollars over five years.
From: http://afp.google.com/article (PARIS (AFP))
Activists sought Saturday to keep the battle against HIV in the public eye on World AIDS Day in the face of growing complacency amid progress in treating and slowing the spread of the disease.
Even the Miss World beauty pageant on the Chinese holiday island of Sanya was enlisted to get out the message that the disease daily kills some 6,000 people.
Chinese President Hu Jintao appeared on the front page of major state-controlled newspapers shaking the hand of a woman HIV carrier the day after the UN warned up to 50 million Chinese are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.
December 1 has become a time of grim stocktaking as AIDS campaigners worldwide sound the alarm over the disease's rampage through Africa, the threat it poses to Asia and former Soviet republics, and the risks to vulnerable communities such as sex workers, drug users and gay men.
In Australia, campaigners warned that complacency after earlier success in fighting HIV/AIDS risked giving rise to a new wave of infections.
"This is the moment it all could go astray. This is the moment when it can become a pandemic," said AIDS awareness educator Vince Lovegrove, calling for a new campaign aimed at a new generation.
Government figures show that by the end of 2006, 26,267 Australians had been diagnosed with HIV and 10,l25 people had been diagnosed with AIDS, with 6,723 having died.
Last month, UNAIDS announced that the prevalence of HIV or AIDS -- the percentage of the world's population living with the HIV virus or the disease it causes -- peaked in the late 1990s.
The agency also reduced its estimate of the number of people living with HIV or AIDS to 33 million from nearly 40 million after overhauling data collection methods.
The tally of new infections has fallen, too, to an estimated 2.5 million in 2007 from 3.0 million in the late 1990s.
Meanwhile, the agonising effort to bring antiretroviral drugs to Africa, where more than two-thirds of the people with HIV/AIDS live, is now bearing fruit.
At the end of 2006, more than two million people were getting the vital pills, a 54 percent increase over the previous year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said Friday the number of people on antiretroviral (ARV) drugs it is funding has doubled in the past year to 1.4 million.
"Despite substantial progress against AIDS worldwide, we are still losing ground," says James Shelton of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in a commentary appearing on Saturday in medical journal The Lancet.
He says treatment is still only available to about 10 percent of those in need, while in developing countries, "the number of new infections continues to dwarf the numbers who start antiretroviral therapy in developing countries".
Indonesia -- which the UN says has the fastest growing HIV epidemic in Asia -- marked the day with the launch of its first national campaign to promote the use of condoms, which currently account for less than one percent of contraception use.
The campaign in the world's most populous Muslim nation aims to remove the stigma of condom use.
Stigma is also a concern for campaigners in South Korea, where the number of HIV/AIDS cases stood at 5,155 as of the end of September, the Korea Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The rate of new infections has been falling from 14.2 percent in 2004 to 11.5 percent in 2005 and 10.4 percent in 2006.
But experts cautioned the real number of HIV/AIDS infections would be much higher as South Korea has a strong social prejudice against the disease.
"Fixing the social prejudice is almost as urgent as fighting the disease itself," said Professor O Myung-Don of the Seoul National University Hospital.
Chinese health minister Chen Zhu earlier raised the estimate of the number of HIV/AIDS cases in China to about 700,000.
To raise awareness of the disease UNAIDS and the China Red Cross Foundation have organised the "Great AIDS Walk" on the Great Wall for Sunday.
One of the biggest areas of concern in the worldwide fight is funding.
According to the UN, there is currently an eight-billion-dollar shortfall in resources to fight AIDS.
To meet the Group of Eight (G8) goal of providing universal access to ARVs by 2010, 42 billion dollars will be needed. So far, only 15.4 billion is in the kitty.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaking in New York Friday, called on governments to accelerate effort towards that goal.
"I call for leadership among all governments in fully understanding the epidemic -- so that resources go where they are most needed," he said in a speech.
"And I call for leadership at all levels to scale up towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010," he said.
US President George W. Bush also marked the day by repeating his call on US lawmakers to double support for anti-AIDS programmes to 30 billion dollars over five years.
From: http://afp.google.com/article (PARIS (AFP))
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)