Q: How many people have died from AIDS?
A: Over 25 million.

Q: What does the future look like?
A: Unless significant action is taken immediately, experts agree that by
2010 there will be 100 million people living with HIV/AIDS around the world.
More than 40 million children will become orphaned by the disease.

Q: What can I do?
A: There’s a lot you can do to help save lives, and it doesn’t have to take
much. You can participate in AIDS walks or events to raise awareness and
money, deliver meals to home-bound people living with HIV/AIDS, or contact
your local government officials about what you would like to see done.

In the United States there are many organizations working on this issue. Here are a few:
» EDUCATION
» TAKE ACTION
» YOUTH AND MEDIA

Radio Diaries, along with Artists for a New South Africa, has compiled an
AIDS Action Toolkit for U.S. and South African listeners. The full toolkit will be available online in late 2007.

It includes:
– Up-to-date facts on the HIV/AIDS epidemic
– Information about AIDS, what it does, and how to prevent it
– Discussion questions for Thembi’s AIDS diary
– In-class activities for educators
– The Radio Diaries do-it-yourself handbook.

Click here for detailed overview of the U.S. toolkit. [as .pdf]

Please contact info@radiodiaries.org if you would like to be notified about
the toolkit.