World AIDS Day - DanChurchAid

Where we work

Guatemala

Our work here focuses on agricultural development, disaster prevention and relief aid, human rights and strengthening the legal system.

Sudan

Among other things, our work here includes mine clearance, protecting the civilian population and relief aid in Darfur.

India

Here we work with fighting hunger and poverty, disaster preparedness, democracy, rights and the caste system.

Angola

Our work here focuses on clearing areas of landmines and unexploded ammunition as well as mine risk education.

Congo (DCR)

Our work here focuses on demining, fighting hunger and helping women who are victims of violence.

Ethiopia

Our work here focuses on disaster risk reduction, equal rights for men and women, strengthening civil society and fighting hunger, HIV and AIDS.

Malawi

Our work here focuses on the prevention of HIV and AIDS, food security and women’s rights.

Uganda

Our work here focuses on agriculture, disaster preparedness, combating HIV and AIDS and supporting a democratic development.

Zambia

Our work here focuses on women’s right to participate, fighting poverty, HIV and AIDS, climate change adaption and democracy.

Bangladesh

Our work here focuses on disaster preparedness, climate changes, democracy, women’s rights and protecting migrants.

Burma/Myanmar

Our work here focuses on empowering civil society, development and education, emergency relief aid and supporting refugees.

Cambodia

Our work here includes, among other things, fighting hunger, HIV/AIDS, supporting women’s rights and climate change adaption.

Nepal

Our work here focuses on democracy and rights, disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction and safe migration.

Pakistan

Our work here focuses on relief aid, health care, medicine and reconstruction following the floods.

Haiti

Here our work focuses on rebuilding schools and helping the rural poor with income generating activities after the violent earthquake in 2010.

Honduras

Our work here focuses on agricultural development, disaster preparedness, climate change adaption, human rights and democracy.

West Bank/Gaza

Our work here focuses on relief aid, women’s rights and improving the Palestinian population’s living conditions.

Kazakhstan

Our work here focuses on supporting the poor that travel from town to town on foot. We establish self-help groups and influence laws and procedures.

Kyrgyzstan

Our work here focuses on supporting poor immigrant families, education for marginalised children and young people and self-help groups for the elderly.

Lebanon

Our work here focuses on clearing cluster bombs, neutralising mines and enabling the population to manage on their own.

DanChurchAid believes

Henrik Stubkjær, Secretary General

"Hunger is an inevitable consequence of poverty. Hunger is the most grotesque example of inequity in the world. DCA is fighting hunger with all of the means we have, both in the short and longer term."

World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day, 1 December is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS. DanChurchAid marks World AIDS Day by focusing on the AIDS pandemic, the young people and the role of the church in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

29.11.2006

The global AIDS epidemic continues to grow. An estimated 39.5 million people worldwide are living with HIV. An estimated 4.3 million became newly infected with HIV in 2005. An estimated 2.9 million lost their lives to AIDS in 2005.

On 1 December, World AIDS Day, DanChurchAid focuses on the AIDS pandemic, the young people and the role of the church in the fight against HIV/AIDS:

Get involved - attend our event!
By attending our event, you can help spread the word and break the silence on HIV: Address: DanChurchAid Nørregade 13, 1. 1165 Copenhagen K. Contact: Mattias Söderberg msd@dca.dk Birthe Juel Christensen bjc@dca.dk. Take action: Humor against AIDS and Parish Collection

Get involved - attend our event!

By attending our event, you can help spread the word and break the silence on HIV:

Address:
DanChurchAid
Nørregade 13, 1.
1165 Copenhagen K.

Contact:
Mattias Söderberg
msd@dca.dk
Birthe Juel Christensen bjc@dca.dk.

Take action:
Humor against AIDS and Parish Collection

DanChurchAid event in Copenhagen

15:30 Aids, young people and the role of the church
Japhet Ndhlovu, General Secretary of Council of Churches in Zambia.
16:15 Stop AIDS
The campaign film ”Stop AIDS” is a film for young people, made by young people. “Stop AIDS” is filmed in Tanzania, where two young Danes meet young Tanzanians living with HIV and AIDS. More info on Danish website...
16:45 Discussion
17.15 Get involved – fight AIDS!
Get involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Join DanChurchAid's Parish Collection 2007, focusing on AIDS.