{"id":180,"date":"2008-12-01T23:55:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T23:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2008\/world-aids-day-2\/"},"modified":"2011-01-06T16:35:59","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T16:35:59","slug":"world-aids-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2008\/world-aids-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World AIDS Day 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is <strong>World AIDS Day 2008<\/strong>, 33 million people worldwide are living with HIV and the numbers are growing. Zambia has one of the highest\u00a0statistics, with one in six adults infected and 710,00 children orphaned. At <a title=\"Mukuni Village\" href=\"\/pages\/mukuni-village\/\" target=\"_self\">Mukuni Village<\/a> alone there are over 400 orphans, without the help of The Butterfly Tree <a title=\"Orphan Sponsorship\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/?page_id=286\" target=\"_self\">orphan sponsorship<\/a> program many of them would not receive an education.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Butterfly Tree\" href=\"\/pages\/about\/\" target=\"_self\">The Butterfly Tree<\/a> has a number of projects running all of which play a vital role in overcoming this devasting disease. Our under fives feeding program, is the first to be intiated in Zambia. We provide formula to replace breastmilk in mothers who are HIV positive, preventing mother to child transmission and this has also encouraged more women to come forward to be tested.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1028\" title=\"young-girl-from-mukuni\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/young-girl-from-mukuni.jpg\" alt=\"young-girl-from-mukuni\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/young-girl-from-mukuni.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/young-girl-from-mukuni-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/young-girl-from-mukuni-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Young girl from Mukuni<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With a grant from <a title=\"Avert\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avert.org\/aids-zambia.htm\">Avert<\/a> we\u00a0support the Tusole Lwangunko Group who do amazing volunteer work, providing workshops, voluntary testing and sensitization programs. We have also\u00a0partnered with a charity called <a title=\"TME\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tme.org.uk\/zambia.php\">TME<\/a> who supply us with educational DVDS on four HIV\/AIDS topics and have distributed them throughout the nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Butterfly Tree believes that the only way to overcome the\u00a0\u00a0pandemic of <a title=\"HIV and AIDS in Zambia\" href=\"\/pages\/2008\/education-to-fight-hivaids-in-zambia\/\" target=\"_self\">HIV and AIDS in Zambia<\/a> is through education. We have four HIV\/AIDS programs running in Zambia and your donations will\u00a0help us to continue these vital programs, alternatively you\u00a0purchase a <a title=\"2009 Charity Calendar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2008\/charity-calendar\/\">2009 charity calendar<\/a> for only \u00a34 plus postage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"style21\"><strong><span style=\"color: #db9e72;\">ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"style21\"><strong><span style=\"color: #db9e72;\">UNDER FIVES FEEDING PROGRAM<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"style21\"><strong><span style=\"color: #db9e72;\">HIV\/AIDS WORKSHOPS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"style21\"><strong><span style=\"color: #db9e72;\">EDUCATIONAL DVDS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Please give your to support to one of these projects The Butterfly Tree is totally committed in helping to prevent the people from loosing the next generation, your generosity could help too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is World AIDS Day 2008, 33 million people worldwide are living with HIV and the numbers are growing. 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