About Africa AIDS Watch

In most parts of Africa, the child belongs to the community. In most parts of Africa, the education and upkeep of a child is the mother's responsibility only when the child is still in the womb. And in most parts of Africa, good quality western education is the business of the community. That's the resaon why most Africans, especially the male child is expected to be his brother's keeper. At the community level, therefore, it falls squarely on the shoulders of the few Africans who have received western education to use it effectively for the benefit of his larger society who predominantly are poor. And who inspite their relative poverty have collectively eked out a contribution towards the education of most of their sons and daughters. It is against the background that, every African Child is expected to give back to society what society had given to him/her.

And so, some time in June 1995, a group of concerned Africans studying in the United States came up with an idea. That each year millions of dollars worth of aids are distrubuted by kind hearted Americans across the globe. That an insiginificant percentage of this aid went to Africa in spite of the fact that Africa because of its peculiar nature and situation needed more of these assistance than others.

Aware of the fact that each year, civil wars, natural catastrophes like flooding, , tornadoes, landslides, mudslides, famine and disease ravaged Africa and conscious that these phenomena have little or no reportage in the world media, decided to interven.

First we came to the conslusion that African tragedies have to be effectively reported and covered in the western media and second, that it was high time that Africans are taught to fish instead of the provderbial fish being handed over to them at every call of a tragedy. So we formed an organization called Lifeline Africa Foundation

Unfortunately just as we thought we were effectively grapling with African problems, the AIDS epidemic surfaced with ravaging intensity. Just as we thought Africans could start being masters of their own destiny, the
HIV - that deadly virus that causes AIDS - invaded the continent with rapacious intensity never been seen since the era of the Great Plague.

Now Africans are dying in greater numbers never been seen. African children are being orphaned at a proportion that could turn the continent on its head. Africans in the age bracket of 24 to 45 are dying in the greatest of numbers. As we write the number of those infected by the deadly virus is multiplying.

That's why we took a decision some time last year to change the name of our organization from Lifeline Africa to Africa AIDS Watch.

Since Inception
" We have donated million dollars worth of humaitarian services to mankind mostly in Africa.
" We contributed significantly in the fight against the spread of HIV virus Amongst Africans.
" We have donated medicines and medical supplies to hospitals and clinics across the continent of Africa.
" We are opening an office in Accra Ghana
" We are opening an office in Nairobi Kenya to serve as our regional headquarters for East Africa
" In conjunction with the Catholic Bishop of Kafanchan in Kaduna State of Nigeria, we are building AIDS Prevention centers across the predominantly moslem nation of Northern Nigeria.
" An AIDS testing Centers are being planned for local populations with over 10,000 inhabitants across West Africa .