Friends of Mercy is happy to offer links to more information about the kind of work we do. However, we want you to know that everything to which we link is not necessarily a theological, political, or sociological endorsement. Links are there for information and to provide more to think about. Pastor Mark E. Sell
1. General Information from Organizations
Links to mountains of information. Especially
here, you will find positions and social perspectives that Friends
of Mercy does not support as a moral or Christian
perspective. The government organizations are the
ones who set policies for HIV\AIDS funding around the
world.
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Scientific Facts on
AIDS This site provides general informatin on AIDS
throughout the world. It nicely summarizes the UN report on AIDS.
It contains three sections, 1. Summary, 2. Facts, 3. Source of
infromation.
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 U.S.
Department of State's Profile on Kenya - An eye-opening
report for the U.S. government. "Kenya has a severe, generalized
HIV epidemic. The 7th edition of AIDS in Kenya reports a
prevalence rate of eight percent in adult women and four percent in
adult men. Surveillance of HIV in pregnant women... " Read
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UNAIDS web site
A site that is dedicated to trying to unite information from all
over the world about AIDS. It contains everything from
policy-makers in various countries to individual stories about how
HIV\AIDS affects people from countries around the world.
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AIDS
Orphans 17 times more likely to die A site that explains
why children die more frequently when they orphans whose parents
died of AIDS. "If you are under 18 in Kilifi, in West Africa,
there's a one in ten chance that you'll be an orphan,
read more...
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CNN's
Amanpour'r report on AIDS Orphans living in
Kenya "According to the United Nations, there are 12
million AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa alone, and in four short
years that number will skyrocket to 18.4 million. That means AIDS
orphans will make up 15 to 20 percent ..." Read
more...
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AIDS
timeline from the United Methodis Church. It is a simple, easy
to read timeline that contains the significant markers of rise and
risk of HIV\AIDS. "The following timeline focuses on events related
to The United Methodist Church (UMC) but also includes other
AIDS-related events in church and society. The General
Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) has been responding to
the AIDS crisis since the early 1980s." Read
more...
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AIDS
Orphans - Vulnerable Children - This pdf is a report to
congregss about the AIDS pandemic and its affects on AIDS orphans.
The short summary at the beginning is worth a read with a multitude
of information. The remainder of the long 30 page document provides
a mountain of information, especially the sub-Saharan
Africa problem of 65 million orphans.
Read more...
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Schools
are the best way to help AIDS Orphans -
 "Sindi
is the kind of child that the Accessible Schools program wants to
help the most. Her mother died of an undisclosed illness in
February. Now the head of the house, Sindi juggles raising her
10-year-old and 6-year-old sisters, going to school,... Read
more ...Sindi is 16 year old who is raising her younger
sisters
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Kenyan government
and AIDS Orphans - This BBC article talks about the role of the
government in caring for the children in a negative light. It shows
how children drop out of school when parents die. Read
more...
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World Health Organization (WHO) and AIDS Orphans "In 2006,
4.3 million people were newly infected with HIV and 2.9 million
people died of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses. Today, just one in five
people.." Read
more... Another
article from WHO here. - There is a wealth of info on the
WHO site. In their search engine, enter "AIDS Orphans."
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Another
African and AIDS Orphan information page. Simply organized
information, summarized in bullet points concerning AIDS effects on
families, schools, economy, etc. "The effect of the AIDS epidemic
on households can be very severe. Many families are losing their
income earners. In other cases, income earners are forced to stay
at home to care for relatives... Read more...
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2. Pictures and Videos about AID's
Orphans.
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Friends of Mercy
Picture Page - These are photos from our trip to
Kenya in October of 2006. You will see pictures of Maasai
leadership who gve 60 acres of land for our FGM project, Bishop
Obare, and the photo safari.
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VIDEO AIDS
Orphans - Uganda - This is from youtube and is about
children in Uganda. It is a good video to introduce you to what
AIDS Orphans face in sub-Saharan Africa. The stori is the same in
very country. Ugand is on the northern border of Kenya.Friends of
Mercy's video will be available in August of 07. View
Video Here
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Ande Photos -
is a site filled with photos and stories of AIDS Orphans and how
they continue to struggle in life. "Whole towns in Kenya are
without adults..."
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