For the healing of the world community, the ELCA Stand With Africa fund

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• For the healing of the world community, the ELCA
  Stand With Africa fund
• assists Africans to
• overcome the HIV/AIDS epidemic
• banish hunger
• transform conflict to peace

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Gods beautiful creation (the earth) binds us
together.
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People Living With HIV/AIDS 2006
Worldwide 39.5 million (2.3 million children)
Africa 24.7 million (2.1 million)
UN AIDS - December 2006
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Newly Infected People 2006
Worldwide 4.3 million (530,000 children)
Africa2.8 million (460,000 children)
UN AIDS - December 2006
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AIDS Deaths in 2006
Worldwide 2.9 million (380,000 children)
Africa2.1 million (340,000 children)
UN AIDS - December 2006
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Get at the root causes of conflict. Start with
young people.
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Trained traditional birth attendant saves lives
in Tanzania.
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Ugandan woman with her cow and son
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Animal production brings hope to many people and
promotes self-sufficiency
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There is hope for this child!!