Contact: Beth DeGraff, 616-648-7821 cell, 800-55-CRWRC; Communications and Marketing Coordinator, Kristen VanderBerg, 800-730-3490
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 1 /Christian Newswire/ -- It's here, it's live and it's shining. iEmbraceAIDS.com is a new website created by the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (www.crwrc.org) to provide young adults with a way to get involved in the rally to embrace AIDS.
AIDS is a disease that's been ravaging the world for over 25 years – and it affects everything. In many developing countries AIDS is the main reason people aren't getting enough food to eat, enough money to live, or the education they need. To make matters worse, a family affected by AIDS is pushed further into poverty causing members of that family to make decisions that put them at greater risk of getting this disease. In 2007 alone, 3 million people contracted HIV, 33 million people were living with it, and over 2 million people died of AIDS-related causes – three quarters of these deaths happened in Sub-Saharan Africa.
iEmbraceAIDS.com was created to help a new generation be a light at the end of the tunnel that is the AIDS crisis, and shine the light of Christ around the world. The site includes a variety of options for young people to do their part to learn about the disease, raise awareness with their friends, and be part of the solution.
The site launched today, December 1, 2008 -- World AIDS Day.
Visit www.iEmbraceAIDS.com to find out how we can "all shine together, all over the world, to bring AIDS out of the darkness."
CRWRC is an agency of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (www.crcna.org) dedicated to addressing disaster, development, and justice in the world's poorest countries since 1963. To learn more about CRWRC's work in HIV and AIDS, download the 2007 Annual Progress Report or see audited financial statements, go to www.crwrc.org.
To give financially to the Embrace AIDS campaign, log on to www.crwrc.org or call 1-800-55-CRWRC. Checks designated "Embrace AIDS" can be mailed to CRWRC, 2850 Kalamazoo Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49560-0600.
