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WORLD AIDS DAY, DECEMBER 1st

U.S. Needs Leadership to Emphasize AIDS Prevention

In this op-ed, which was published in the Nov. 27th edition of The Chicago Sun-Times, Frank Beadle de Palomo, director of the AED Center on AIDS & Community Health, asserts that AIDS remains one of the most dangerous health issues facing the United States today.

>>Read the op-ed here

Help Kenya's Orphans Affected by AIDS
SUPPORT A PROGRAM THAT WORKS

AED is working to provide 1,000 young children orphaned by AIDS in Kenya with urgently needed caregiver support services and supplies. This initiative will help to extend a pilot project called Speak for the Child. The results of this project are impressive — it works:

Immunization: 95%of enrolled children are now fully immunized.
Education: 94% of eligible children are now enrolled in preschool.
Nutrition: 59% of caregivers are now combining and enriching foods to improve the diets of children under 5.
Verbal interactions: 57% of caregivers are now talking to the children, telling stories, trying to talk in a gentle manner or to shout less, trying to listen more.
Stimulation: 49% of caregivers are now spending more time with the young children, providing play materials, encouraging them to play and socialize.
Night terrors: 49% of caregivers now understand and allay young children’s fears by explaining death and parents’ absence and reassuring children about fears of abandonment.

>>Read more and learn how you can support this program

Russian and Uzbek Leaders
Experience the U.S. Through Exchange

In October, 25 professionals from Uzbekistan came to the U.S. and experienced everything from farms in Arkansas to the statehouse in Boston.

By the end of 2004, AED will have brought nearly 400 emerging leaders from Eurasia to the United States through the Open World Leadership Program, the only international exchange program funded directly by Congress. >>Read More

New Mediation Program Promotes
Civil Society in Guatemala

Guatemala has suffered from decades of civil war. In many areas tensions are still high and conflict is a part of daily life. But many people in the country are looking at new ways of settling disagreements.

Over the course of the past 12 months, AED has led a project in Guatemala aimed at promoting mediation as a way of peacefully resolving disputes. >>Read More

Since 1961, AED has helped to create a better future for more than 100 million people in the United States and developing countries by building the capacity of individuals and institutions to become more self-sufficient. AED integrates policy, advocacy, and hands-on service to implement solutions to critical social problems and affect positive social change.

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