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Three FREE and EASY ways to Support the Caregivers in Developing Countries!

Here are three EASY (yet impactful) ways you can show your support for Caregivers and the patients they serve by: 1. Become… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on August 3, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

'Heroes is an understatement' - Meeting Caregivers in Zambia for the First Time

"Blanketed with Blessings" Written by Cassie Smithco (Caregiver Kit Program Manager) with help from Scott Corchero Being with World Vision for about 8 years now, I've always heard about how incredible our work in the field is, and yet never experienced it first-hand un… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on April 7, 2009 at 12:18pm — No Comments

'It's not about us' Tinley students assemble 'caregiver kits' for those with AIDS and HIV

'It's not about us' Tinley students assemble 'caregiver kits' for those with AIDS and HIV March 26, 2009 BY JASON FREEMAN Staff Writer The Sperling Brothers Foundation and 20 eighth-grade students from Southwest Chicago Christian School in Tinley Park partnered Saturday a… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on April 2, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

The Lifesaving Treatment of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) will be added to Caregiver Kits

Available in May, 10 packets of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) will be added to the list of contents in Caregiver Kits. These life-saving packets will offer a new dimension of care that the Caregivers will be able to provide their patients. Dehydration caused by dia… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on March 11, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Quaker Valley students ship 100 kits to caregivers

Quaker Valley students ship 100 kits to caregivers Thursday, January 15, 2009 By Sandy Trozzo The students moved quickly, working their way along the table, placing cotton balls, soap and other items in 100 orange carrying cases. The last item in each case -- a carefully worded note of encouragement in French -- was placed on top. The kits are destined for three French-speaking countries to help people who care for those living with AIDS and HIV. For students in the French Club at Quaker Va… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on January 20, 2009 at 11:11am — No Comments

Caregivers in Zambia: A Family's Blog

A great blog about the beloved Caregivers in Zambia: http://kautzfamily.blogspot.com/ Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on December 11, 2008 at 10:15am — No Comments

Advocate For Our Leaders to Put Children First

Advocate for our leaders to put children first. World Vision works with Congress to ensure that funding for AIDS programs are protected, and advocates for 10 percent of this funding to be set aside for the care of AIDS-affected children. Join us in speaking out on behalf of vulnerabl… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on October 24, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Marlborough Students Hope to aid African AIDS Fight One Penny At a Time

MARLBOROUGH — Pennies really do add up. Students at the grades 4-7 school are using coins to raise hundreds of dollars for AIDS care kits that will go to Africa. In the "Penny War" fundraiser, students bring in pennies for their team's jar and dump all other currency in opposing teams' j… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on October 22, 2008 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Latest Facts About HIV and AIDS

HIV and AIDS fact sheet.pdf World Vision: HIV and AIDS Fact Sheet An estimated 33 million people were living with HIV in 2007. Source: UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2008 Every day nearly 7,400 people become infected with HIV and more than 5,400 people die from AIDS. Source: UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on October 2, 2008 at 12:11pm — No Comments

The Lazarus Effect - story by James Addis

World Vision Autumn 2008 (Story by James Addis, posted Zambia photos by John Warren) Sitting outside her one-room home, Agnes Njobvu, 42, tells a story that sounds faintly reminiscent of the biblical book of Job. But it’s difficult to hear her at first. She has to spe… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on September 23, 2008 at 12:52pm — No Comments

Sign up to assemble Caregiver Kits at the Democratic or Republican Convention!

The following email went out to 90,000 World Vision advocates! To register for the event, go to https://www.travizonmcc.com/Public/ap.aspx?EID=ACTI16E Dear Friend, You are invited to join World Vision and the ONE Campaign at the Democratic and Republican National Con… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on August 13, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

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Added by Debbie Durham on August 8, 2008 at 3:13pm — No Comments

AIDS caregiver supplies dangerously low!

The following email went out to 180,000 World Vision sponsors last month. This was an urgent plea to mobilize churches to… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on July 2, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

AIDS Classified as a Global Disaster

The annual report from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on world disasters typically focuses on natural disasters such as earthquakes. This year, the IFRC’s world disasters report is departing from the norm to focus on what it says is one of… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on June 27, 2008 at 10:33am — No Comments

The AIDS epidemic in Africa is so dire it should be classified as a disaster, according to the annual “World Disasters Report.”

The UN defines a disaster as “serious disruption of the functioning society, causing widespread human, material or environmental losses which exceed the ability of a society to cope using only its own resources.” Currently, an estimated 33 million people around the world are living wi… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on June 27, 2008 at 9:58am — No Comments

Testimony from an Event Coordinator

Kenosha First Assembly in Kenosha, WI put together 360 Caregiver Kits and here's what the event coordinaror, Sylvia, had to say about the experience: AIDS CAREGIVER KIT ASSEMBLY DAY Praise the Lord for such a thought-provoking experience. Many times one gives their gift of money for a cause like this, but rarely does one have a tangible means of seeing how their gift is used, other than a video or picture. This event took the gift one step further and allowed those that gave the opportunity fo… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on June 19, 2008 at 12:42pm — No Comments

Government and corporate support together help Africans battle malaria, AIDS

Government and corporate support together help Africans battle malaria, AIDS A Zambian caregiver and health-care company executives join forces with World Vision to advocate for increased funding to fight these diseases. May 2008 In honor of World Malaria D… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on May 23, 2008 at 8:50am — No Comments

First Lady Recognizes Zambian Caregiver, Lister Chingangu, at Congressional Malaria Caucus

In picture from left to right: Ron Simpson, McKesson VP of Sales, Lister Chingangu, Caregiver in Zambia, Toby Capps, McKesson Sales Executive REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY ON THE PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 10:38 A.M. EDT MRS. B… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on April 25, 2008 at 1:06pm — No Comments

MPPC Invites Community to Lend a Hand During Compassion Weekend

For entire story, go to http://www.losaltosonline.com/2008/04/16/mppc-invites-community-to-lend-a-hand-during-%e2%80%98compassion-weekend%e2%80%99-april-26-27/ Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on April 16, 2008 at 2:50pm — No Comments

Princess Zulu Motivates High School Students

"Princess Zulu, a World Vision spokeswoman, gave a harrowing account of living with and losing loved ones to AIDS, and the spiritual reaffirmation the Caregiver Kits have given her and many suffering with this deadly disease." For the full story, go to http://www.telegram.com/articl… Continue

Added by Debbie Durham on April 7, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

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