My Message

40 million people are living with HIV globally, most in Africa. Almost 8000 people die of AIDS each day, and another 14000 are infected. In many countries, AIDS has been seen as a problem that affects men, specifically gay men, and as a result its impact on women has been largely overlooked. Yet today AIDS has an increasingly female face. Among young people living with HIV in southern Africa, three quarters are female.

ActionAid believes the denial of their rights is what makes them most vulnerable. Despite growing vidence that women are on the front line of the AIDS pandemic, governments and international bodies have failed to recognize this trend or respond with solutions that reflect the realities of women’s lives or that seek to protect their rights.

WISH are supporting a unique ActionAid initiative in South Africa.  The new project will support women’s rights organisations to campaign together so that all South African women are guaranteed a healthy, happy and dignified life in the face of HIV and AIDS.

WISH have already raised over £1400 offline from their World AIDS Day 'WiSH Upon a Star' event, and now £1 from every £10 ticket on the door is going straight to ActionAid.

You can show your support by helping WiSH raise even more money for this fantatstic ActionAid project and DONATE HERE. 

If you would like a WiSHgirl calendar, simply donate £5 or more and request a calendar in your comment.  One will magically arrive at your door.