Dear All,
1 December is World AIDS Day and there are many festivities planned around Namibia, and around the world, parades, speeches, poster campaigns, radio presentations...the works!
Please visit our website www.sekoloprojects.org for links to several new articles. You will also find an NPR report on Bishop Kevin Dowling who stands defiant against the Papal doctrine on condoms, by Jason Beaubien, NPR.
I have settled into Windhoek, and arrangements are rolling smoothly with the Ministry of Education. There is a wonderful new Director of the HIV/AIDS Management Unit (HAMU), the branch of the Ministry of Education with which I work closely. He is a dedicated and pro-active, making our arrangements move quickly and easily.
All the best,
Elizabeth
PS. Following is a statement from Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa:
'On this World AIDS Day, 2005, I have the deep impression that if only we could galvanize the world, we'd subdue this pandemic. We're terrific when it comes to studies and documentation. Reports like the Epidemic Update issued by UNAIDS last week are models of statistical compilation, containing pockets of fascinating material. But the report itself acknowledges that real progress against the pandemic is hard to find.
'We need a superhuman effort from every corner of the international community. We're not getting it. At the present rate, we'll have a cumulative total of one hundred million deaths and infections by the year 2012. We call ourselves an advanced civilization.'
