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Welcome to Bridges of Hope!
Bridges of Hope is a social-action organization dedicated to helping in the fight against AIDS in Africa. Bridges of Hope connects people from around the world with people of those nations most affected by the AIDS epidemic, to create long-term, self-sustaining solutions to the challenges they face.

South Africa Project
The Bridges of Hope South Africa Project was developed in response to the AIDS pandemic that has ravaged the nation of South Africa to a greater extent than any other country on earth.

  • This nation of 43 million has more than 5.3 million known AIDS sufferers.
  • Statistics indicate that 50% of today's youth under the age of 15 in South Africa will die within the next 10 years.
  • The AIDS pandemic in South Africa is producing approximately 150,000 orphaned children per year, for which there is not an adequate infrastructure to provide care. It is projected that there will be 5 million AIDS orphans by 2008.

It is our hope and prayer that people from around the world will unite to provide sacrificial immediate aid to those in South Africa suffering from AIDS and its devastating effects on this nation, and to partner with them in creating long term, self-sustaining solutions to their serious needs.

Market of Hope
Be sure to check out the Market of Hope. It is a unique opportunity for you to contribute directly to the needs of those suffering in Africa with much needed and very tangible gifts. Click here to find out how you can make a difference...

 

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".... Let us not equivocate: a tragedy of unprecedented proportions is unfolding in Africa. AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods, and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria."

Nelson Mandela
XIIIth International AIDS Conference

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Of the 3.2 million children estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS, 2.8 million of them live in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: UNAIDS, December 2002

 

Covenant Companion Features Bridges of Hope
The Covenant Companion recently published an article outlining the Bridges of Hope project. Click here to view the article [PDF].