World Relief Launches New Youth Program On World AIDS Day
The humanitarian arm of the National Association of Evangelicals is launching a new initiative for youth groups to raise awareness and money for AIDS prevention and care in developing countries
The humanitarian arm of the National Association of Evangelicals is launching a new initiative for youth groups to raise awareness and money for AIDS prevention and care in developing countries, while learning about the benefits of practicing abstinence in their own lives.
While funds are being raised for AIDS education through Baltimore-based World Relief’s “Shine Your Light” initiative, youth will have the opportunity to discuss issues relating to peer pressure and understanding their sexuality as the initiative incorporates Bible studies, testimonies and a comedic short film, as well as leader and participant guides to help facilitate honest discussion. Participants will also have access to accurate facts and statistics about AIDS.
According to World Relief, the money that is raised from Shine Your Light will go to support World Relief's AIDS work in Rwanda, Mozambique, Malawi, Haiti, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Cambodia and China—nine countries in which World Relief now fields AIDS programs.
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World Relief, whose mission is to alleviate human suffering and poverty worldwide, has AIDS is integrated into all of its core programs. Earlier successes include Mobilizing for Life, World Relief's global HIV/AIDS prevention and care program that helps the Church respond to the AIDS crisis with care and compassion using three major strategies:
1) Prevent the spread of AIDS by promoting healthy patterns of family life and sexual practice;
2) Mobilize and equip churches to bring care and hope to persons and families affected by HIV/AIDS; and
3) Enable individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS to live with dignity by effectively addressing the economic burden of this disease.
World Relief launched Shine Your Light building on the success of Mobilizing for Life.
Since its involvement in the AIDS crisis in Malawi and Swaziland in 1992, World Relief has consistently raised awareness and increased its corporate commitment to AIDS. Through indigenous churches and community organizations World Relief works to build sustainable, locally initiated AIDS projects.
The agency also works in more than 20 countries in relief and development through micro finance, disaster response, refugee resettlement, food security, child development, and maternal and child health, in addition to HIV/AIDS prevention and care.
