Born Free Appeal

UNICEF UK wished to work with UK Soroptimists again, following the successful project School in a Box and have launched a new appeal: BORN FREE from HIV Appeal. Despite all the knowledge we have gained since HIV was first identified over 25 years ago, babies are still being born with HIV. The new appeal calls for action to prevent nearly half a million babies being born with HIV, passed on by their mothers; provide child-friendly medicines to the 2.5 million that do have HIV and protect and support the 15 million children orphaned by AIDS. The task is enormous, the appeal isn’t – if every club in the UK gave just £84 this would pay for the testing, support and medicine for one mother and baby.

In November Jane visited The Gambia with UNICEF on a fact-finding mission. The fascinating report of Jane's visit to the Gambia is available by clicking the link.  It is in PDF format, so will download quickly.

To read the full story of the new UNICEF/UKPAC project Born Free Appeal, go to the link.

To visit UNICEF UK's Soroptimist page on their website, go to the link.