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India’s National AIDS Control Board has recently granted permission for the building and implementation of 10 care centers to provide education, shelter, medical care, clothing and food for Indian children orphaned by AIDS.

AIDS orphans in South Africa are suffering from malnutrition and fewer resources as a result of high food prices and the global food crisis.

UNICEF's recently published "The State of the World's Children" and "Children and AIDS: Second Stocktaking Report" which contain current information, recent advancements, statistics and strategies regarding global childcare.

This number was given on Wednesday by the Minister of Social Affairs, on the occasion of the 7th World AIDS Orphans Day. The Minister of Social Affairs, the PNMLS, UNICEF, USAID and the Initiative of Health Objectives organize workshops in the 11 Provinces of the country throughout the month of May, reported radiookapi.net

World AIDS Orphans Day is just 2 days away! Help by calling upon your senators to reauthorize and fully fund the PEPFAR bill. The Global AIDS Alliance has developed a set of tools and resources to help you to speak up for AIDS orphans. We can't emphasize it enough, your voice and your call really does count. Place the call.

On May 7th, the Portland Area Global AIDS Coalition is hosting an action fair for World AIDS Orphans Day with a keynote speech by Stephen Lewis, the former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. If you are in the area, this is an event you don't want to miss!

PLAS (Positive Living through AIDS Orphans Support), a Japanese NGO is taking the World AIDS Orphans Day message to the streets of Japan. The group is mobilizing street teams and aims to collect the signatures of 30,000 citizens to encourage the Japanese government and all members of the G8 to commit 10% of overall HIV and AIDS funding to support the needs of orphans and vulnerable children.

The wave of food-price inflation sweeping across the world has deep and devastating implications in poor communities. Food riots have now occurred in nine countries.  Experts are at a loss as to what this will mean for economic, social and political stability in the developing world.  What is clear is that this crisis will profoundly affect the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable children and families.