The Lazarus Project | Mully Children's Family Project

HIV and AIDS statistics for Africa as of end 2006, compared to the rest of the world

James 1:27, "Religion that God our father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress..."

Overview

Crossroads has engaged in the fight against AIDS through partnerships in Africa that care for the orphans and widows affected by this devastating pandemic.

The HIV virus tends to hit women and children the hardest, leaving them orphaned, widowed, or infected themselves. Nearly 12 million African children are HIV orphans in the sub-Saharan region alone. Many of these children are infected themselves (90% of the world's HIV infected children are living in sub-Saharan Africa).

Zambia is among those countries that are considered to have an extremely 'High HIV Prevalence Rate'. The Lazarus Project in Zambia shelters the orphan and empowers the widow (or poverty stricken woman) with agricultural & skills training. Crossroads continues to work with this project, strengthening its ability to make a difference in the lives of street youth, and impact the issue of poverty in the Lusaka area.

Also in Zambia, Crossroads partners with Visionledd to strengthen HIV/AIDS care and treatment projects.

As in the rest of the continent, Kenya is also feeling the impact of this devastating disease. Here, we continue to work with the Mully Children's Family (MCF) in order to bring hope to the abandoned or orphaned child. HIV education and care is an integral part of the MCF program. The issues of HIV and poverty are interwoven with one another, as they impact the lives of MCF children. There is rarely a child that hasn't felt the impact of this disease at some level, whether by loosing a parent or friend, or simply by being plunged into the poverty that results from the impact of this disease.

To help Crossroads in the fight against AIDS, please direct your DONATIONS to The Lazarus Project or the Mully Children's Family Project.