Justice and compassion are principles, which Christian Aid has; they are closely linked to many Churches and other organisations run by Christians.
Though this maybe so they give aid to whoever needs it regardless of religion, race or culture.
They help people in less developed countries to gain more water, food and money than they have at this moment in time. They believe that everyone should have a fair share of the world’s resources.
Christian Aid began just after World War II helping those who had found themselves homeless; this small group later became an organisation, which helps 60 different countries, with an approximate of £40 million pounds going to help these causes.
The £40 million pounds goes out to the many different issues and problems, which Christian Aid face daily in their fight to help solve the troubles that are based highly in less developed countries. One of these problems is the increase of HIV affected people in these stricken countries.
Worldwide there are 40 million people who are HIV positive, there are possible more than this number due to many people unaware that they had caught this disease.
Christian Aid’s campaign is to challenge poverty, which fuels the spread of the HIV epidemic, worsening the impact on the human population.
The HIV epidemic is the biggest threat to the developing world, as the working generation dies the future for the children they leave behind are dim.
One area strongly affected by HIV is Africa, in Africa Christian Aid works with 203 partners in 22 African countries.
Africa is divided into four regions, East and Horn of Africa, Central Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa.
It is known that in 2002 a total of 2.4 million people were killed by aids related illnesses and orphaned many people.
Women are particularly vulnerable to catching this disease, due to increase of rape within the African countries.
Christian Aid believe that one way of tackling the spread of this illness is by raising the awareness of it and caring for those who are suffering from aids related illnesses.
Awareness of it in both Britain and less developed countries allow Christian Aid to help work with each community more easily so that both Christian Aid workers and individuals of the community to help one another to help tackle the awareness of HIV and other illnesses related to it.
