Keep a Child Alive (KCA) is an urgent response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic ravaging Africa. KCA works to provide funding for *lifesaving* antiretroviral drugs(ARV's) and surrounding services for children and families living with AIDS. At 13 clinics across Africa, KCA provides funding for the training or employment of health care workers, scale up of sites where ARV treatment can be made available and many more services.Literally, the money we raise goes straight into action.And now for ouuuuur introduction...here at NYU we have formed our own college chapter of KCA consisting of a real kick ass group of brains, hearts, and crazy cookie-baking skills. We are proud drug dealers.Our mission: KCA at NYU is dedicated to *saving lives* by providing ARVs for children and their families living with AIDS in Africa, and *raising awareness* at NYU and in NYC about how to overcome the pandemic....And YES, we CAN overcome this pandemic. The cost of ARV's averages $1/day per person. Think of what we spend a dollar on every day...1/2 a subway ride, a 1/4 of a Starbucks beverage...95% of all people with HIV/AIDS live in impoverished countries and cannot afford these medications.KCA @ NYU recognizes that this disease is TREATABLE and it is our responsibility to act on it and work towards a world where available medication that will literally keep somebody alive will be made accessible to those in need of it. Over 8,000 people die a day from this entirely treatable disease.CHARITY IS NOT A BURDEN.
IT IS A MORAL IMPERATIVE.
Myspace Editor
Pimp MySpace
