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THE aWAKE PROJECT: aWAKE
stands for AIDS: Working towards Awareness, Knowledge, and Engagement About
the Book Letter
from the Editors INTRODUCTION
Tony Campolo I need not go into the agony that Africa is enduring under the impact of the AIDS epidemic. I wish you could see what I saw with my own eyes as I visited South Africa and Zimbabwe. The suffering I witnessed led me to get together the resources to start a program for the orphans of those who have died from AIDS. You meet them almost everywhere you go in those countries. Many of these children have AIDS themselves. Our program is designed to provide them with some loving care and sustenance. No child should be abandoned to the streets, covered with the body sores that accompany AIDS. No child should die alone without knowing that he or she is loved. The social impact of AIDS is horrendous. In two of the schools I visited, there was a shortage of teachers because several of those who had held teaching positions had been victimized by the disease and were gone. I learned that schools throughout Africa are enduring this same loss of crucial personnel. The very people that Africa needs to emerge out of economic privation are being liquidated by this dreaded disease. I believe that too often the Christian response to the AIDS epidemic has been abominable. In many instances there is a tendency to write off those who are suffering from AIDS on the grounds that this disease is some kind of punishment from God meted out to those who have been sexually promiscuous. The logic behind such a conclusion is beyond my comprehension. Consider the fact that a huge number of those who are HIV positive are women who have been infected, not because of any immoral behavior on their part, but because their husbands gave them the disease. Are they to be condemned and ignored because of what their husbands have done? And what about the children who are infected? Children constitute a significant proportion of those who are facing the possibility of AIDS-related death through no fault of their own. The church must recognize that AIDS very much parallels the disease of leprosy that we read about in the New Testament. In Biblical times, those who had leprosy were deemed spiritually unclean, and others would not get near them or touch them for fear of contamination that would be both physically harmful and spiritually defiling. Leprosy was seen to have a spiritual dimension to it and those who had the disease were looked upon as being especially cursed by God. Given those realities about people who had leprosy back then, it is easy to understand why comparisons can be made to those who are infected by AIDS in our contemporary world. It is important for us to note that Jesus had a special spot in his heart for the lepers. He embraced them. He touched them. He reached out to them in love. All of this was contrary to the legalistic pietism of religious leaders in his day. Jesus’ condemnation of such religionists was harsh. He always reached out to the lepers to make them whole, in spite of the fact that touching them would render him ceremoniously unclean to the custodians of the temple religion. The Jesus who we find in Scripture calls upon us to look for him in the eyes of the poor and the oppressed. He tells us in Matthew 25 that what we do "to the least of them" we do to him. The Christ of Scripture refuses to be an abstraction in the sky. Instead, he chooses to be incarnated in the last, the least, and the lost of this world. I contend that he is especially present in those who suffer from AIDS. Sacramentally, the resurrected Jesus waits to be loved in each of them. Mother Teresa once said, "Whenever I look into the eyes of someone dying of AIDS, I have an eerie awareness that Jesus is staring back at me." Indeed, that is the case. No one can say that he or she loves Jesus without embracing Jesus in those who have this torturous disease. The indifference on the part of Christians and on the part of the nation in general to those in Africa suffering from AIDS, may reveal a latent racism. There is often an unspoken feeling that since these victims of AIDS are usually black people, those of us who are white might just as well look the other way. You can almost sense that there are those who are inwardly saying, "If millions of them die off, will it not relieve the hunger problem in Africa? Will it not eliminate an large proportion of an undesirable race?" I doubt if we will hear those words out loud, but I have heard statements that imply the same thing, and I am horrified! In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek; bond nor free; Scythian nor barbarian; male nor female. Anyone who allows racist tendencies to go unchallenged in his or her personality is not living like a Christian. The Scriptures make it clear that anyone who says he or she loves God, and does not love the brother or sister who is a neighbor, is a liar. People suffering from AIDS in Africa are our brothers and sisters. Those of us who are in the church must use what moral authority we have to speak against those political and economic structures that the Bible refers to as the "principalities and powers" that rule our age. We must raise our voice against those pharmaceutical corporations that overprice the cocktail drugs that could slow down the effects of the HIV virus in those who are infected. We must call the corporate community to account for their apparent tendency to put profits far above people. We must also speak out against a government that spends trillions of dollars to build up a military machine, but provides only a pittance to deal with the AIDS crisis that is destroying Africa. As we wage war on terrorism, we must be aware that terrorism cannot be eliminated until we deal with the economic imbalances and the social injustices that breed terrorism. When we Americans do so little to help the poor victims of AIDS in Africa, an anger is stirred up that can lead people who are diseased and oppressed to strike at us with vengeance. We do not get rid of malaria by killing mosquitoes. Instead, we must destroy the swamps in which the mosquitoes breed. So it is that we will not get rid of terrorism by killing individual terrorists. In the end, we must get rid of the conditions that breed terrorists. We must attack the poverty and the oppression that nurtures such extremism. Enlightened self-interest should lead us to assume that unless we, who live in the richest nation on the face of the earth, respond to the AIDS crisis in Africa, there will be dire consequences. But, in the end, we who call ourselves followers of Jesus have a higher calling than our own self-interest. If Christ is a reality in our lives, then our hearts will be broken by the things that break the heart of Jesus. There can be no doubt that the heart of our Lord is broken by what is happening in Africa, even now. If nothing else, our hearts should burn within us as we face the fact that thirteen million children in Africa have been orphaned because of AIDS, and that for each of them Jesus sheds His tears. On Judgment Day, we will not be asked theological questions. Instead, we will be asked, as it says in Matthew 25, how we responded to those who were poor, diseased, downhearted, and alone. Jesus will ask us on that day if we reached out to the stranger in need with loving care and if we treated the sick with true compassion. It is not that theological convictions are unimportant, but rather that true commitment to the beliefs we espouse will be manifested in compassionate action on behalf of those who are writhing in the agonies of AIDS, even now.
Let us remember the chorus of an old gospel hymn that goes: Written
for The aWAKE Project,
BONO Transcript of Video Message Recorded for Christian Music Festivals, plus Extrapolations Thanks for listening to this video message—I really appreciate it. I went to Africa recently and came back with some facts I’d like to share with you. Some of you may know these, some of you may not, but they are all still mind-blowing. Twenty-five million people in Africa now have HIV. Think about that—twenty-five million people in Africa are HIV positive. Thirteen million children are orphans because their parents have died from AIDS—and this figure is expected to double by the end of the decade. Today—in the next twenty-four hours—5,500 Africans will die of AIDS. Today in childbirth 1,400 African mothers will pass on HIV to their newborns. If this isn’t an emergency, what is? In the Scriptures we are not advised to love our neighbor, we are commanded. The Church needs to lead the way here, not drag its heels. The government needs guidance. We discuss; we debate; we put our hands in our pockets. We are generous even. But, I tell you, God is not looking for alms; God is looking for action. He is not just looking for our loose change—he’s looking for a tighter contract between us and our neighbor. Africa is America’s neighbor. Africa is Europe’s neighbor. We are daily standing by while millions of people die for the stupidest reason of all: money. There is a growing movement for Jubilee in the United States. I love that word Jubilee—it suggests joy in a new beginning free from the bondage of slavery of any kind. In this instance, economic slavery. Let’s not forget that redemption is an economic term. We need to drop the debt and end the ridiculous situation where today’s generations in the poorest countries have to spend what little they have paying back old loans rather than investing in health, education, and clean water. We need to make trade rules more fair. If we’re serious, we need to let these countries put their products on our shelves and stop refusing them what we demand for ourselves—autonomy in managing their own markets. And finally, all rich countries need to increase development assistance to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa. This is not about throwing money away but about using our national wealth to improve the lives of the poorest people in the world. At the moment, of the twenty-two richest countries, the U.S. is at the bottom of the list when you look at how much the government is planning to give to foreign assistance as a proportion of overall wealth: 0.15 percent of GDP. And almost half of this goes to middle income countries. The UK and Ireland are at 0.32 percent. All countries need to get the level of the Scandinavians: 0.7 percent. Americans are generous people. This doesn’t make sense. Their personal giving is in line with everyone else. I should be preaching to the converted here. There are 2,300 verses of Scripture pertaining to the poor. History will judge us on how we deal with this crisis. God will judge us even harder. Let me tell you about Jonah. In Soweto, I met a man called Jonah. He was an extraordinary-looking young man, striking and fit. Five years ago he weighed half his body weight; he was covered in scars from scratching a terrible skin rash; he was bed-ridden with TB. He had no hope—the cost of medication was totally beyond his family’s reach. But, he managed to get onto a Medicine sans Frontiers program, and soon his life was transformed by anti-retrovirals. We were excited; he was excited. He told us that his wife had died of AIDS, leaving him with their two children. His kids made him feel even more glad to be alive and healthy. We were excited again. Then he told us that his new love was also HIV positive. She is not part of the ARV program, and there is no way she can afford the drugs. So here was Jonah’s dilemma. He said he could share his drugs with her and risk that they have no effect. Or, he could give his drugs to her knowing that his children would lose their father to AIDS. Or he said, I can keep the drugs and lose the woman I love, now the mother to my children. In my opinion, that’s a decision that no civilized world should ask Jonah to make. Look, sometimes we’ve just got to do what we’re told. The children of God have to listen to their Father in Heaven. It’s easy to think that Africa’s problems are caused by natural calamity and corruption and have nothing to do with us. That’s part of the problem, but the truth is also that the relationship between the developed and the developing world has been so wrong so for long—corrupt actually. It’s the start of the twenty-first century; it’s time to put this right. Charity alone will not work. We need a new partnership based on justice and equality. We need to remind ourselves that God will not accept our acceptance of lives made wretched by a geographical accident of latitude and longitude. We must wake up the sleeping giant of the Church; we must set alarm clocks to rouse our politicians who also slumber. The choice is there before each and every one of us: to stop and tend to the distant pilgrim sick on the side of the road, or, a nervous glance, and we turn away . . . away from the pilgrim, away from God’s grace. Written
for The aWAKE Project,
WILLIAM
H. FRIST, M.D. Taking
Our Stand against HIV/AIDS A Plague of Biblical Proportions I spent the first twenty years of my career studying and working in medicine. I graduated from medical school in 1978. After that, I trained as a surgical resident for eight years. I then worked as a heart and lung transplant surgeon until I was elected to the United States Senate in 1994. During that time, HIV/AIDS went from a disease without a name to a global pandemic claiming nearly twenty million people infected. It’s hard to imagine an organism that cannot survive outside the human body yet can take such an immense toll on human life. But HIV/AIDS has done just that—already killing thirteen million people. Today more than forty million people—including three million children—are infected with HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is a plague of biblical proportions. And it has only begun to wreak its destruction upon humanity. Though one person dies from AIDS every ten seconds, two people are infected with HIV in that same period of time. If we continue to fight HIV/AIDS in the future as we have in the past, it will kill sixty-eight million people in the forty-five most affected countries between the years 2000 and 2020. We are losing the battle against this disease. There is neither a cure nor a vaccine for HIV/AIDS. But we do have reliable and inexpensive means to test for it. Also, because we know how the disease is spread, we know how to prevent it from being spread. We even have treatments that can suppress the virus to almost undetectable levels and significantly reduce the risk of mothers infected with HIV/AIDS from passing the disease to their children. We have many tools at our disposal to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. But are we using those tools as effectively as possible? The gloomy statistics prove overwhelmingly that we are not. What we must do is focus on what is truly needed and what is proven to work, and marshal resources towards those solutions. We have beaten deadly diseases on a global scale before; we can win the battle against HIV/AIDS too. A Global Problem Requires Global Leadership More than 70 percent of people infected with HIV/AIDS worldwide live in Sub-Saharan Africa. But the devastation of the disease—and its potential to devastate in the future—is by no means limited to Africa. HIV/AIDS is global and lapping against the shores of even the most advanced and developed nations in the world. Asia and the Pacific are home to 6.6 million people infected with HIV/AIDS—including one million of the five million people infected last year. Infections are rising sharply—especially among the young and injecting drug users—in Russia and other Eastern European countries. And the Americas are not immune. Six percent of adults in Haiti and 4 percent of adults in the Bahamas are infected with HIV/AIDS. I believe the United States must lead the global community in the battle against HIV/AIDS. As Sir Elton John said in testimony before a committee on which I serve in the United States Senate, "What America has done for its people has made America strong. What America has done for others has made America great." Perhaps in no better way can the United States show its greatness in the 21st century—and show its true selflessness to other nations—than leading a victorious effort to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS. But solving a global problem requires global leadership. International organizations, national governments, faith-based organizations, and the private sector must coordinate with each other and work together toward common goals. And, most importantly, we must make communities the focus of our efforts. Though global leadership must come from places like Washington, New York, and Brussels, resources must be directed to where they are needed the most—to the men and women in the villages and clinics and schools fighting HIV/AIDS on the front lines. Significant and Sustainable Progress Adequate funding is and will remain crucial to winning the battle against HIV/AIDS. But just as crucial as the amount of funding is how it is spent. Should we spend on programs that prevent or lower the rate of infection? Should we spend on treatments that may prolong the life of those who are already infected? Should we spend on the research and development of a vaccine? The answer is yes . . . to all three questions. We can only win the battle against HIV/AIDS with a balanced approach of prevention, care, and treatment, and the research and development of an effective vaccine. HIV/AIDS has already infected tens of millions of people and will infect tens of millions more. We need to support proven strategies that will slow the spread of the virus and offer those already infected with the opportunity to live as normal lives as possible. And if our goal is to eradicate HIV/AIDS—and I believe that is an eminently achievable goal—then we must develop a highly effective vaccine. But even with proven education programs, or free access to anti-retroviral drugs, or a vaccine that is 80 to 90 percent effective, our ability to slow the spread of HIV/AIDS and treat those already infected would be hampered. The infrastructure to battle HIV/AIDS in the most affected areas is limited at best. We need to train healthcare workers, help build adequate health facilities, and distribute basic lab and computer equipment to make significant and sustainable progress over the long-term. Not Only the Disease Itself To win the battle against HIV/AIDS, we must not only fight the disease itself, but also underlying conditions that contribute to its spread—poverty, starvation, civil unrest, limited access to healthcare, meager education systems and reemerging infectious diseases. Stronger societies, stronger economies, and stronger democracies will facilitate a stronger response to HIV/AIDS and ensure a higher quality of life in the nations most affected by and most vulnerable to the disease and its continued spread. And we can make significant progress without vast sums of money and burgeoning new programs. Take, for example, providing something as basic and essential as access to clean water. Three hundred million, or 45 percent of, people in Sub-Saharan Africa don’t have access to clean water. And those who are fortunate enough to have access sometimes spend hours walking to and from a well or spring. It costs only one thousand dollars to build a "spring box" that provides access to natural springs and protects against animal waste run-off and other elements that may cause or spread disease. Eighty-five percent of the ten million people who live in Uganda don’t have access to a nearby supply of clean water. It would cost only twenty-five million dollars to build enough spring boxes to provide most of the people living in rural Uganda with nearby access to clean water. Providing access to clean water is just one of the many ways in which the global community can empower the people most affected by and most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. In some cases, such efforts—like supporting democracy and encouraging free markets—may cost little but will make a significant difference in the battle against HIV/AIDS and the quality of life of billions of people throughout the world. Our Stand Against HIV/AIDS We have defeated infectious diseases before—sometimes on even larger scale. Smallpox, for example, killed 300 million people in the 20th century. And as late as the 1950s, it afflicted up to fifty million people per year. But by 1979, smallpox was officially eradicated thanks to an aggressive and concerted global effort. What if we had not launched that effort in 1967? What if we had waited another thirty-five years? Smallpox likely would have infected 350 million and killed forty million more people. That is a hefty price for inaction—a price that we should be grateful we did not pay then, and we should not want to pay now. Right now we are losing the battle against HIV/AIDS. But that doesn’t mean we can’t win it in the end. Indeed, I believe we will ultimately eradicate HIV/AIDS. We have the tools to slow the spread of the disease and provide treatment to those already infected. And we have the scientific knowledge to develop an effective vaccine. But we need to focus our resources on what is truly needed and what is proven to work. And we need global leadership to meet a global challenge. In 2020, when it is estimated that more than 85 million people will have died from HIV/AIDS, how will we look back upon this day? Will we have proven the experts right with inaction? Or will we have proven them wrong with initiative? I hope that we will be able to say that in the year 2002 we took our stand against HIV/AIDS and began to turn back what could have been, but never became the most deadly disease in the history of the world. Written
for The aWAKE Project.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS These organizations are all working diligently in Africa to reduce the risk of AIDS and improve quality of life. Get involved with one or more of them today. Africa
Alive! YouthAIDS African
Leadership African
Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) Africare
American
Red Cross American
Refugee Committee (ARC) Ananda
Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) Artists
Against AIDS Worldwide CARE
Childreach
Children
of Promise International Christian
Children’s Fund (CCF) Church
World Service (CWS) DATA
Direct
Relief FINCA
International Freedom
from Hunger Global
AIDS Alliance Global
Treatment Access Campaign International
Aid International
Center for Research on Women (ICRW) International
Relief Teams (IRT) International
Youth Foundation Jubilee
2000 MAP
International Near
East Foundation Operation
USA Oxfam
America Pact,
Inc. Salvation
Army World Service Office Samaritan’s
Purse Save
the Children (SCF) Stop
Global AIDS The
Hope for African Children Initiative The
Student Global AIDS Campaign Trickle
Up Program UNAIDS
UNICEF
World
Concern World
Education World
Relief World
Vision YMCA
World Service
HOW TO CORRESPOND WITH A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL Writing a letter is one of the most effective ways we can communicate with our elected officials. Since most representatives and senators tally public opinion to help them make decisions, think of the impact we can achieve flooding Capitol Hill with thousands of letters! Oftentimes congressional offices equate one hand-written letter with one hundred people that support that issue. Just three to five letters to a Representative’s office will force their staff to address an issue and craft a response. Your letter will make a difference! Contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t take an expert to write a good letter. Just a few sentences can convey a need and motivate our leaders to specific action. You can write a letter in ninety seconds! Just follow this simple outline: 1. Purpose first. The reason for writing should be stated in the first paragraph of the letter. State something specific and be concise. Express clearly and briefly what action you would like. One or two paragraphs should be enough. "Please make debt cancellation a priority during your term." If your letter pertains to a specific piece of legislation, identify it accordingly, e.g., House bill: H. R. ____, Senate bill: S.____. 2. Be personal. A mailed handwritten letter receives much greater attention than a preprinted card or letter. In whatever form, include your postal address. Be courteous and to the point. 3.
Name the Action. Whether it is Jubilee USA Network legislation,
World Bank reform or other issues, it is always good to be specific.
Jubilee provides background on action issues (www.j2000usa.org)
as well as on specific legislation moving through Congress. For
example: 4.
Tell why this is important. Put the situation in concrete terms.
For example: 5. Address only one issue in each letter; and, if possible, keep the letter to one page. Date
Addressing
Correspondence: Note:
When writing to the Chair of a Committee or the Speaker of the House,
it is proper to address them as: From http://www.j2000usa.org Tips On Calling Your Members of Congress To find your representative’s phone number, call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your Senator’s and/or Representative’s office. Remember that telephone calls are often taken by a staff member, not the member of Congress. Ask to speak with the aide who handles the debt issue. After identifying yourself, tell the aide you would like to leave a brief message, such as: "Please tell Senator/Representative (Name) that I support/oppose (S.___/ H.R.___)." Bill numbers for the House of Representatives start with H.R. (for House Resolution) and then the number. Bills in the Senate always start with S. (for Senate) and then the number. You will also want to state reasons for your support or opposition to the bill. Ask for your Senator’s or Representative’s position on the bill. You may also request a written response to your telephone call. Make sure to be friendly and acknowledge that the aides are handling many different issues and are often times very busy. Follow-up regularly and begin to develop a relationship with the aide that works on the debt issue. This will make a huge difference when it comes time to enlist your congressperson’s support for a particular bill or action. From http://www.j2000usa.org On E-Mailing Congress Generally, the same guidelines apply as with writing letters to Congress. You may find and email your representatives directly from the Jubilee 2000 website. Please keep in mind that hand-written letters are far more powerful than email. Check with your congressperson’s aide to find out if they like to receive emails—some offices pay more attention to emails than others. From http://www.j2000usa.org Visiting Your Member of Congress Meeting with a Member of Congress (member for short) or congressional staff is a very effective way to convey a message about a specific legislative issue. It is our most powerful tool to affect change in U.S. policy on debt and World Bank and IMF issues. Below are some suggestions to help you plan a powerful visit to a congressional office. Plan Your Visit Carefully: Be clear about what it is you want to achieve; determine in advance which member or committee staff you need to meet with to achieve your purpose. Make an Appointment: When attempting to meet with a member, contact the Appointment Secretary/Scheduler. Explain your purpose and who you represent. It is easier for congressional staff to arrange a meeting if they know what you wish to discuss and your relationship to the area or interests represented by the member. Be Prompt and Patient: When it is time to meet with a member, be punctual and be patient. It is not uncommon for a Congressman or Congresswoman to be late, or to have a meeting interrupted, due to the member’s crowded schedule. If interruptions do occur, be flexible. When the opportunity presents itself, continue your meeting with a member’s staff. Be Prepared: Whenever possible, bring to the meeting information, materials and media coverage supporting your position. Members are required to take positions on many different issues. In some instances, a member may lack important details about the pros and cons of a particular matter. It is therefore helpful to share with the member information and examples that demonstrate clearly the impact or benefits associated with a particular issue or piece of legislation. Be Political: Members of Congress want to represent the best interests of their district or state. Wherever possible, demonstrate the connection between what you are requesting and the interests of the member’s constituency. If possible, describe for the member how you or your group can be of assistance to him/her. Where it is appropriate, remember to ask for a commitment. Be Responsive: Be prepared to answer questions or provide additional information, in the event the member expresses interest or asks questions. Follow up the meeting with a thank you letter that outlines the different points covered during the meeting, and send along any additional information and materials requested. From http://www.j2000usa.org
O God, Teach us how to love, how to hope, how to believe in Life. We pray for healing. We pray that you lay your hands on our brothers and sisters of Africa: the mothers, fathers, daughters and sons. We pray that you touch their lives with your presence, your love, and your grace. We pray that you heal their hearts and minds with the gift of Life. We pray that you heal the church. We pray that you touch the hearts, minds, and souls of all religious communities with your compelling hand of truth. We pray that you heal our fear, our anxiety, and our prejudice that we might live lives of faith, hope, and love to touch those suffering from HIV/AIDS. We pray for salvation. We pray that you lift up our brothers and sisters of Africa from the mire of pain, horror, and disease. We pray that you offer a gift of salvation for those who are dying, for those already dead. We pray for the living, that you bless them with Hope in the light of Love. We pray for doctors, nurses, caregivers, and researchers. We pray that you offer them wisdom, compassion, and faith. We pray that you bless them with an intellect to boldly imagine a world without AIDS, a vision for a new generation of medical care, and an unconditional love for those who are dying without a hope for treatment. We pray for support. We pray that you will provide for our brothers and sisters of Africa. We pray that you will comfort them in their time of need. We pray that you will provide food for the hungry, clothes for the naked, a home for the homeless, and medical treatment for those who cannot afford such a luxury. We pray that you will provide your orphans with good families that will raise them in love. We pray for our governments, our pharmaceutical companies, our corporations, and our religious communities. We pray that each institution finds it in their hearts and minds to offer monetary support by way of funding, medical treatments, and community-oriented aid. We pray that these institutions advance in bringing "the kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven" by dropping the debt, providing aid, and promoting trade in Africa. We pray for compassion. We pray that you rain compassion on our brothers and sisters of Africa. We pray that you instill in the hearts of complacent Americans a vicarious understanding of the suffering: mentally, physically, socially, and emotionally of those dying with AIDS in Africa. We pray compassion on the cold hearts of those who cling to ignorance and indifference. We pray for compassion on those who are compelled to combat the virus, the suffering, and the Death. We pray for compassion for the world as we attempt to wage a war against a deadly disease that is killing our brothers and sisters. We pray for compassion for Life itself. O God, Hear our prayer. |
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