World Aids Day – Are you in?
Today is World Aids Day. It is being recognized around the world. Google and Twitter have changed their homepages to a red background. Aids Epidemic Update reports that the total number of world-wide infections has been declining by 17% over the last 8 years. Still 33,4 million people are infected with HIV – that’s more than ever before. The victims live longer Image by Ⓖragsie via Flickr due to improved therapies that weren’t available in the early stages of the epidemic. Treating these patients requires a lot of resources. Therefore every prevention of an...
Read MoreSome recent stats on rape from South Africa
A recent study on rape by the South Africa Medical Research Council came as a strong reminder on the severity of the rape situation in South Africa. According to the study 1 in 4 men have already forced a women to have sex with him. Rape is generally accepted in wide parts of the society. The police statistics show 86 women and 64 minor girls being raped each day. 30% of adolescents stated that their first sexual encounter was based on rape. The reported number of rapes per year is 55,000. The University of South Africa estimates that the real number is around 1 million. If this number is...
Read MoreA New Myth
Image via Wikipedia Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology, described archetypes as the psychological and emotional energy patterns that are in the collective unconscious. These can manifest individually, in forms of physical symptoms, complexes, dreams, and patterns of behavior, or culturally in popular trends, music, and current economical and social events. In South Africa, we have seen a tremendous rise in the AIDS epidemic over the last few years, which has contributed to the current health and social welfare concerns. An estimated 6 million...
Read MoreUbuntu Now partners up with Sonke Gender Justice
We have spend quite some time on screening many organizations doing great work on the ground in South Africa. Today we are happy to announce a far reaching partnership with the South African organization Sonke Gender Justice. This is a milestone for Ubuntu Now / South Africa Project since we consider Sonke Gender Justice an excellent partner for our rape & HIV/AIDS prevention program. They have an amazing team and their programs, including One Man Can, are simply outstanding. We will be using cause marketing and social media activities (including web videos) to raise funds and increase...
Read MoreFinally a shift in South Africa's doomed AIDS policy?
I just read another article full of disturbing facts in the German magazine Der Spiegel and have to share this with you: The new Health Minister in South Africa, Barbara Hogan just stated: “We know that HIV can cause AIDS”. It is hard to believe but this an almost revolutionary shift in South Africa’s official policy. She also stated that the “policy of our government has failed”. FINALLY! So far scientists in South Africa have been oppressed and could not state facts about AIDS publicly without the fear of defamation or even further punishment. Even Nelson...
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