World AIDS Day

Healing the Wounds of War

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For nearly 20 years the Lord’s Resistance Army, engaged in a futile civil war, has devastated Northern Uganda. The LRA abducts children as young as seven years old and forces them to fight as child soldiers. Since 2000 the LRA has abducted more than 20,000 children. Today, over 80% of the LRA is composed of children. This is no army. These are children. And yet they have become fighters.

Food for the Hungry is working faithfully to love these children and their families whose lives have been torn apart by the conflict. FH is involved in water and sanitation programs (latrine and hand pump construction, and hygiene education), intensive agricultural development (tool and seed distributions, and agricultural training), child development programs (child sponsorship) and a holistic recovery center for formerly abducted girl soldiers who now have children in Kitgum (the New Life Center). The complex nature of the emergency requires a long-term commitment, and we are hopeful that God’s mercy and grace will work deeply in the lives of the Ugandans.

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World AIDS Day Global Calendar

ETHIOPIA

  • NOV 20: Zeway street race! More than 200 people living with HIV/AIDS will compete in the 3.1-mile race wearing FH shirts with HIV prevention messages.
  • NOV 21: Speak up! A 12-member panel will discuss HIV prevention, including stigma and discrimination and HIV counseling and testing.
  • NOV 24-26: Reach out! HIV counseling and testing to help more than 150 people through the Woreda Health Office and the Jiddo health center.
  • DEC 1: Declaring hope! People living with HIV/AIDS will give testimonies accompanied by a drama, poetry and literature competition.

KENYA

  • NOV 22-26: Learn and speak justice! Anti-stigma city crusades in Meru and Isiolo for promoting understanding and prevention of HIV. Home clean ups and other assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS.
  • DEC 1: Declaring and giving hope! A march with local communities to declare a stance against HIV. There will also be drama performances challenging HIV stigmas and encouraging patients to attend local counseling clinics.

MOZAMBIQUE

  • NOV 1: Learn and take action! The FH/Mozambique team will partner with a medical team to train FH Bringing Hope Saving Groups volunteers and promoters. The volunteers will train the 153 members of the Saving Groups under their supervision in 3 to 4 weeks, from Nov. 1 to Dec. 1. During this time, the medical team will facilitate mobile testing and is expected to test approximately 1,500 people.
  • NOV 8: Speak and act out your stance against HIV! Facilitated by the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, a dramatic performance about Orphan Challenges and Community Response will be given to the community and government officials. After the performance, the district-level pastor will speak on the biblical view of supporting orphans and vulnerable children. Other events during the month include school competitions on HIV/AIDS knowledge, town clean ups, and a proposal for a new HIV/AIDS program called Coca for Orphans and Vulnerable Children.

UGANDA

  • DEC 1: Accelerated Leadership in the Fight against HIV/AIDS In Kitgum, FH/Uganda will march with local officials to declare their stance against HIV. Red ribbons and beans will be distributed to youth who make abstinence pledges. Citizens will be encouraged to be tested for the virus. The Pentecostal Assembly of God church will host a seminar for married and cohabiting people. Led by a youth HIV/AIDS drama group, the church will perform skits and songs and give testimonies to communicate their message of hope.