The Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) works with community-level organizations which are turning the tide of HIV/AIDS in Africa by providing care and support to women, orphaned children, grandmothers and people living with HIV and AIDS.  Since 2003, SLF has funded over 700 initiatives, partnering with 300 community-based organizations in the 15 African countries hardest hit by the AIDS pandemic.

These grassroots groups are the lifeline for their communities: they provide counselling and education about HIV prevention, care and treatment; distribute food, medication and other necessities; reach the sick and vulnerable through home-based health care; help orphans and vulnerable children access education and work through their grief; and support grandmothers caring for their orphaned grandchildren. To better understand the impact of your contributions, read more about the costs of some project activities in Africa.

With your support, these grassroots organizations will reach hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable children (including orphans, children with disabilities, children heading households), support grandmother groups to access pensions, health care, food sources and emotional support, strengthen networks  of people living with HIV and AIDS, assist home-based care workers with stipends, training and support,  and provide quick and effective support in crisis situations for organizations working at the crossroads of sexual violence and HIV/AIDS.

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“Give a Day is an intensely individual and human response to the AIDS pandemic. You can’t imagine what a few dollars will do to transform human life amongst sophisticated and resilient people who are struggling for survival each day.”

- Stephen Lewis, Chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation