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The Rotary AIDS Project, conceived by the Rotary
Club of Los Altos in 1989, is a District 5170 program
designed to educate others about AIDS, change attitudes
and behavior concerning the disease, support those
afflicted, and to encourage Rotary's involvement
in confronting the pandemic.
The current emphases are:
- COMMUNITY AWARENESS
- The Los Altos Story has been translated
(subtitled) in seven different languages
and is distributed internationally free
of charge to those clubs wishing to develop
HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention programs.
Similarly, a 'how to' booklet entitled,
AIDS -- The Community Challenge, assists
a club in planning a community AIDS prevention
symposium and may be downloaded from the
Rotary AIDS Project website (www.rotaryaidsproject.org
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- HIV/AIDS BOOK DISTRIBUTION
- Six thousand books, HIV, HEALTH AND
YOUR COMMUNITY have been distributed internationally,
most going to Africa. They are sent to Rotary
clubs which pass them on to hospitals, health
clinics, and health care workers. Limited
copies are still available for distribution
free of charge.
- NEW PROJECTS
- Almost every year, a new RAP project
is considered, and in most cases adopted.
For more information on projects in the
development phase (Prevention of Mother
to Child Transmission; Nepal partnership)
go to the RAP website above and click on
What's New and then on to New Programs.
Please log on to
www.rotaryaidsproject.org to learn more about
these programs, and to become aware of the magnitude
of the Rotary AIDS Project.
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