November 19, 2007 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States …. [ANN Staff]
Some 800 young people in the West African country of Mali are learning basic anatomy and health principles along with teamwork and leadership skills through a project that uses sports to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Organized by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Mali, “Play Safe, Live Safe” is one of hundreds of projects run by the international, non-governmental organization headquartered near Washington, D.C.
To observe World AIDS Day, December 1, ADRA is offering World AIDS Day kits, which include a poster, World AIDS Day ribbons, sermon and presentation ideas, age-appropriate student resources and AIDS facts and stories from AIDS victims around the world.
To order a kit, or for more information on observing World AIDS Day, visit www.adra.org.
More than 39 million people, half of whom are women, live with HIV/AIDS worldwide.
Since 1985, ADRA has worked to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and encourage people to get involved in the global effort to stop AIDS. ADRA runs shelters, skills-training centers, provides for AIDS orphans and offers preventative education at its regional offices around the world. Johannesburg, South Africa-based AIDS International Ministry has also worked to combat the spread of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, where AIDS is the leading cause of death.
Copyright (c) 2007 by Adventist News Network.
