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Dec. 1 is
World Aids Day

Heartbreaking...

The facts about AIDS are overwhelming and confusing. In Africa, AIDS is a pandemic, which affects women, men, and children. In fact, by 1999, AIDS had killed an astronomical 12.5 million children. In terms more North Americans would understand, AIDS in Africa kills the same amount of people as if there were two major airlines crashes every single day. The knowledge of this devastation is indescribable. No one likes to hear that South Africa’s life expectancy has dropped significantly: from 54 years in 1990 to a measly 33 years in 2001. This steady decline is most definitely a direct result of AIDS. No one likes to think of orphaned babies, sick people, and the rapid deaths of millions of innocent human beings. No one likes to think about death.

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