HIV/AIDS Awareness: The Red Pump Project

To the right of the Idaya page is a badge for the Red Pump Project, an annual call-to-arms across the blogosphere and 20 states to raise awareness about the impact that HIV/AIDS has on women and girls in particular. Idaya Magazine has been rocking the red pump for the past few weeks to show our support for this cause and for the many women and girls around the world coping with this disease and the stigma that unfortunately comes with it.

HIV/AIDS is now the biggest killer of women of reproductive age around the world, and in Africa over 60% of HIV-infected people are female. This sobering statistic has very real social, political and economic repercussions across our continent, which is why the members of Idaya feel strongly about the issue and wanted to do our part for the project.

Knowledge is power: visit the website (http://www.theredpumpproject.com/) for more information and remember, even a small drop of water in a pond makes a big ripple - share information with a friend, volunteer at a community clinic, learn your status. The smallest things collectively make a huge impact, which is exactly what we need to end this disease.