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Global Spotlight :
AIDS in Africa |
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In
Sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 22.5 million
adults and children are now living with HIV
/ AIDS. More than three quarters of all AIDS
deaths globally in 2007 occurred in
Sub-Saharan Africa.
In
Zimbabwe, approximately 2,000 men, women
and children die each week of
AIDS-related illnesses. In 2007, Zimbabwe
experienced some good news: new infections
began to decline. Still, 21% of adult
woman and 15% of adult man were
HIV-positive.
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WELCOME TO SAFE:
An
IRS-Approved Tax Exempt Organization |
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Saving African
Families Enterprise (SAFE) is a US-based, non-profit
organization, founded in 2001, to raise funds in order
to buy and donate medicine to African families living
with HIV/AIDS. As an IRS-approved 501(c)(3)
organization, contributions to SAFE are tax deductible
in accordance with US tax law. |
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SAFE's Mission Statement: Saving African Families
Enterprise (SAFE), a humanitarian non-profit
organization led by volunteers, provides anti-retroviral
medicines and other assistance to mothers, fathers and
children living with HIV/AIDS, and seeks to prevent
through public education programs, the spread of
HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.
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