World AIDS Day 2008

Quietly, and without much notice or fanfare, the world again remembered the impact of the AIDS pandemic -- the more than 25 million mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, daughters, fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, grandfathers who are infected with the HIV virus.  

Today, individuals (in groups and alone) remembered the 19 million sub-Saharan Africans who have died of HIV/AIDS including more than 6,000 who died today, and the more than 8,000 who are infected today (including 1,400 African children born today with HIV transmitted from their mothers).

Quietly, but not without deep pain, we whisper, "we care."  And we vow not to stop caring!

And we ask, "what now shall we do?"