The Scourge and its wings

worthyskg — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:01:10 +0000

Many lives are taken way as the scourge gets worse. HIV/AIDS has birthed more orphans and vulnerable children in many communities, societies and families. Parents die of the disease and children are left with grannies. Breadwinners are taken away and the food support in homes cease. Hence, poverty and hunger escalates. The young generation suffers more when situations like these occur in communities. We need change and it must be ignited soon. We need to stop HIV/AIDS, poverty and hunger by making solutions that matter most in the lives of the youth. I took some time, this month, to visit a Faith-Based Organisation in Mikomfwa, Luanshya, ZAMBIA. Surprisingly, I discovered that the Project supports more than 728 orphans and vulnerable children. There are some whose parents died when they were too young (below age 5), others were just dumped.

The wings of HIV/AIDS, poverty and hunger are drawing back the productivity of Africa. Young people who can be innovative, informative, and wise are overloaded with worries and pain, hence, their creativity dies down.

We can do something to change and save our continent from the scourge. Let us create solutions together to save our future.

What can you say about this? What things do you think need to be done for change to be effective?

Tags: HIV/AIDS, Grannies, Wings, Poverty, Hunger, Change, Breadwinners

The HIV/AIDS time bomb

worthyskg — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:08:22 +0000

The Human Immuno-deficiency Virus [HIV] has come as one of the Africa’s time bombs, taking every youth, child, and parent. It captures the immune system, making it week, so that the body remains unprotected from any infections and diseases.

It is quite a terrible condition and requires total prevention to be applied before it is contracted. Youths in the world and in particular, Africa, need to apply behavior change processes to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Behavior can be implemented by the change of attitude and mind.

FutureAfrica Networks

The Scourge and its wings

The HIV/AIDS time bomb