The Church and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic - February 19, 2005 Conference

Imagine an event like the recent Tsunami happening every three weeks.
HIV/AIDS, which is preventable, takes over 150,000 lives every three weeks.

Stream Audio and Video now available

The keynote address of Ken Casey, Special Representative to the President of World Vision International for the HIV/AIDS HOPE Initiative is now available in streaming audio and video on the web cast page. Additionally, several of the breakout sessions are also posted there in streaming audio. Please check regularly as more will be added soon.

The Church has always responded to suffering.
How will the Church respond today? 

That is the question this conference addressed on February 19. We looked at several inspiring and practical ways that the Church can and is already responding to address HIV/AIDS around the world.

In total there were 446 people participating. Your feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

This conference was possible only due to the efforts of a large group of truly talented people:

35 presenters not only from around the country but from around the world. To find out about them, check the Speakers page on this website.

20 exhibitors representing 18 organizations. To learn more about these groups, check on their websites listed on the Exhibitors page.

75 dedicated volunteers (a third of them were students) worked long and hard to see that the conference was a good experience for all who attended.

A much deserved thank you to all of these people.

We will also be updating the web site with new resources on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic. Be sure to visit the website regularly.

“Is not this the kind of
fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter -
when you see the naked, to clothe
him, and not to turn away from
your own flesh and blood?”
--Isaiah 58:6,7 (NIV)

Learn About the HIV/AIDS Crisis

• HIV/AIDS is growing at an alarming rate.
• 38 million people are living with HIV/AIDS
  — half are between 15-24 years old.
• There are already 14 million AIDS orphans.
• 5 people die every minute from AIDS.
• 3 million sub-Saharans died of AIDS last year.
• More than 20 million have died of AIDS in the past 2 decades.
• Almost 5 million people became infected with HIV last year.
• HIV is growing fastest in eastern Europe and Asia.
• India is home to 5.1 million people living with HIV.
• Almost 1 million are infected with HIV in the United States.
• 5 to 6 million people in developing countries will die in the next two years if they do not receive antiretroviral treatment.

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