SUPPORT SPW

Why get involved?

Giving…

It is estimated that a pair of volunteers can reach as many as 3,000 people with life-saving information. You can support SPW in continuing its behaviour change programmes, equipping volunteers to deliver important health and environmental information in a way that actively engages other young people. Getting access to essential information is the first step to behaviour change and central to community development.

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Awareness and Action…

In sub-Saharan Africa’s worst-affected countries, the epidemic’s demographic impact on population structure means that if current infection rates continue and there is no large-scale treatment programme, up to 60% of today’s 15-year-olds will not reach their 60th birthday. (From UNAIDS 2004 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, p42.)

There is much work to do in the fight against AIDS, yet having worked at the sharp end of the epidemic, SPW volunteers are excellently placed to represent the needs of rural communities and young people, and are proving effective campaigners at local, national and international level.

SPW…

• Supports a network of thousands of young people around the world who want continue to make a difference. SPW recruits and trains over 800 volunteers each year, of whom over 80% are from the countries in which we operate.
• Is a member of the Stop AIDS Campaign and coordinates a network of Stop AIDS Societies at universities across the country.
• In Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe, SPW is forming programmes using groups of volunteers on university campuses to undertake awareness raising and campaigning activities. SPW campaigns are also linked to the Youth Against AIDS network of young activists across Africa, and to the Student Global AIDS Campaign.

Click here to find out how you can become involved in SPW's campaigning work.