Why we exist

In the last 26 years AIDS has become the worst health problem the world has ever known. Every day more than twice the number of people killed on 9/11/01 become infected with HIV. Half of them are 25 and younger. Parents who die have already left behind 15 million orphans, a number that could double in the next seven years.

AIDS is devastating parts of Africa beyond imagination, and it has now gained a foothold in most countries of the world. Even those not infected will feel its impact as AIDS unravels communities, destroys educational and health care opportunities, sabotages agriculture and commerce, and undermines political stability.

Yet given appropriate training, churches and communities around the world can learn to fight AIDS themselves with resources they already have. Since 2001, Hope In View has worked to make this a reality.