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Not Me! Not Here!
In 1989, AIDS became a reality for members of the Rotary Club of Los Altos,
California USA.
Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project
• Produced video: “The Los Altos Story”
• Won 1990 George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting
• Now available on DVD in 7 languages
Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project
• Dude Angius, President of the Rotary AIDS Project, was asked to address the 1992 Rotary International convention in Orlando, Florida.
HIV/AIDS Impacts Everyone
• Through lost family, friends and acquaintances
• Through decreased economic productivity
• Through increased medical costs• Through psychological harm
from fear and losses
DEATHS FROM AIDS EVERY DAY
8,000
NEW HIV INFECTIONS EVERY DAY
14,000
NO•Kissing• Insects•Toilet seats•Coughing or
sneezing•Condoms*
(*Not 100% safe)
YES• Unprotected sex• Mother to child• Injection drug abuse• Shared dirty needles
HIV Transmission Risks
The Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project strives to:
• Change attitudes and behaviors• Educate others about AIDS• Support those afflicted with the
disease• Encourage Rotary involvement
What a Rotary Club Can Do
SHOW “The Los Altos Story”
…how AIDS changed the opinions, outlook and lives of three Rotarians, their families
and an entire community…
What a Rotary Club Can Do
PRESENT a Community AIDS Symposium
• Materials available from The Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project
• www.RotaryAIDSProject.org
What a Rotary Club Can Do
PARTNER with other Rotary Clubs through Project Match
• Clinics• Educational materials• Local prevention and/or
treatment programs• www.RotaryAIDSProject.org
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
“Grassroot Soccer”
Professional soccer players in Africa – heroes to the young people – train as role model educators and lead AIDS awareness and prevention clinics for 11-17 year olds, reaching over 200 children each week.
Partner: Rotary Club of Bulawayo
www.grassrootsoccer.org
Dr. Pushpa Bhatt operates
• HIV/AIDS clinic for counseling, condoms, treatment, referral, testing, preventing HIV mother-to-child transmission with Nevirapene
• Foster homes for children of HIV-infected sex workers (77 children on waiting list)
Partner: Rotary Club of Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Nepal
What a Rotary Club Can Do
SPONSOR distribution of “HIV, Health, and Your Community”
• Provide practical HIV/AIDS information to health care workers and educators
• Encourage involvement of community leaders
The Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project
• Distributed 5,000 copies of “HIV, Health, and Your Community”
• Sponsored by grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• Encouraged Rotarians to sponsor AIDS projects
“HIV , Health and Your Community: A Guide for Action”
at work in Tanzania
What a Rotarian Can Do
• Share this vision
• Present this program
• Promote Rotary involvement
What a Rotarian Can Do
JOIN Friends of RAP
As a Friend of RAP, your contribution will make a difference by helping the Rotary AIDS Project continue funding projects that:
• Change attitudes and behaviors• Educate others about AIDS• Support those afflicted with HIV/AIDS
For more information about Friends of RAP
(a project of the Rotary Club of Los Altos) CLICK HERE
Rotary CAN make a difference
Join with us today!
Promote Rotary involvement in the fight
against AIDS!
Thank Youfor getting involved!
