1st December is WORLD AIDS DAY
The Butterfly Tree is appealing to everyone to join the world fight against this incurable disease.
2 million people die every year
Leaving thousands of children without any parents. 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, including 17.5 million women and 2.3 million children under the age of 15.
Zambia is one of the poorest nations on earth where two thirds of the population live on less than 50 pence a day. It has one of the worst pandemics of HIV/AIDS with one in every six adults living with HIV; life expectancy has reduced to around 34 years of age resulting in 710,000 AIDS orphans.

Photo: The importance of being testing for HIV cannot be stressed enough; by ‘knowing you status’ treatment and counselling can be obtained. The Butterfly Tree is funding this HIV workshop.
During my many visits to Zambia I have learnt a great deal about this devastating illness and I have seen first hand the suffering and heartbreak it causes. Too many elderly people have been left with no children to care for them and the added burden of having several grandchildren to support. Read the rest of this entry »
