Help From Around the World Continued Second Time
Bill and Melinda Gates / World Vision
Bill and Melinda Gates:
The foundation of Bill and Melinda Gates developed a new foundation on July 24, 2003. The new funds will mainly be for researchers at the University of Washington and would be done at the School of Medicine. The main purpose of this new foundation is to help expand the research about whether genital herpes can help decline the HIV transmission from growing so rapidly. If this turns out a success, then the project will be an extremely valuable discovery and wonderful news to the people worldwide.
The new study
will begin in the year 2004. The agenda will be trying the test out on
3,600 monogamous couples mainly in Africa and India (Neary,p. 10). The
subjective is that one partner must be infected with HIV and with a genital
virus, and the other partner must not have the virus.
People working for the Gates Foundation and also at the University of
Washington feel that if the project will become successful, the investigation
can be a savior to millions of people (Neary, p10).
Africa is ground zero when it comes to HIV/AIDS. Rich Stearns, president
of World Vision, stated in the article, World Vision Seeks Recruits in
the War on AIDS, that “Twenty- Two million people have died already
and 70 percent of cases are in Africa.” Stearns who’s promoting
his initiative, World Vision’s Hope Initiative, is educating people
about the damage that AIDS has caused. “AIDS has orphaned 13 million
children in Africa alone.” His audiences were supporters of World
Vision who, with there generosity, helped World Vision “serve 2.5
million sponsored children, provide clean water for 750,000 rural villagers,
and immunize 500,000 people.” (Camp).
World Vision is taking a leading role in this fight on AIDS when other
people around the world are unwilling to do so. One of the main points
is to teach youth to prevent themselves from being at risk of getting
AIDS. This includes teaching them on staying abstinence or having a monogamous
relationship. Caregivers and networks in the community provide the help
needed to assist orphans and widows through times that are rough and help
heal the damage that AIDS has caused in their lives.
David Swoap, a supported of World Vision, says that “They are unashamedly
speaking out on a global issue that many find difficult to address.”
Jeff Grismore joined forces with World Vision because he believed that
working together will be more effective than working alone when trying
to fight what could be the “largest humanitarian crisis in history”
(Camp).