Wednesday, November 11, 2009

One of my dreams (it's a need)

I wanna start a campaign.
I don't have a name, I just have an idea, and feel it's more than important and critical to happen that I'm totally willing and if not me, think it's gotta happen! I'd love to take part, but it's definately something that God's gotta direct me or someone to catch on.
I don't know if there's something already around this idea, but if so we've gotta piggyback from one another.
If you haven't watched the justice acts video already on child prostitution and human trafficing, go to that link on my blog.
SO, from what I'm gathering and the bits of knowledge on this country the more I'm here and the more of a strain and problem HIV and AIDS are, it's unbelievable. To walk by a church and see a sign that says, HIV welcome. Or to meet a lady in a restaraunt nearby who's eating alone, I ask what she's doing and she says she's here to pick up her brother's ashes because he died of aids. She He never told anyone. To hear from some of the girls from the soccer that it's actually something people don't even wanna get checked to find out because it's better if they don't. It's shameful to have. Your family and friends shun you in the communities.
This country is filled with people infected, and that's people who are actually even coming out and being diagnosed. I think it's 1 in 4.
Now I look at this huge sporting event coming here, exciting right? Well, just as I've seen the good in the largest sporting event in the world to come here, is to bring light into this country and it's needs and pains to the world. Expose issues and the beautiful culture! BUT, think about this problem of HIV and AIDS, and a big party here for a whole month of people from EVERYWHERE in the world...yes think about the problem. Partying, sleeping around, drugs, etc., and you get a concoction of AIDS/HIV multiplying. AND not even just here in SA, but it will then be taken back into the world with carriers going back to their homelands!!! Think About this?
It's such a huge problem that it's frightening, and I know that people don't even realize what a problem it is and is going to be!
There needs to be awareness! Not just to go and say, hey fix the problem here. BUT, let's not make it worse and spread. That's a start right?
People need to know before hand what the problem is. FIFA, maybe commercials, ads, newspaper ads, magazines, talk shows, I even think of the breast cancer pink ribbons and shirts etc., and have some sort of color with bands or something. There needs to be a slogan. This is where I look and want to research what happened in Uganda.
Uganda, if I'm correct, had the highest rate of HIV in their country and then the president or whoever was in charge started this big campagn of abstinence. I'll get more on that once I understand the facts...but it did get me thinking of something we can do here now!
If there's a message to get out for even just the month to be safe than sorry in SA is SUCH a huge message. Not only would it help prevent the spread, but it will ALSO bring light into this issue. Perhaps the rest of the world can see more and spread more love to this side of the world. Who knows who's heart and mind such wisdom can touch.
I heard something crazy like, the 2 different presidents recently in SA said false information to the country, that 1, you can prevent AIDS by using a condom. WHAT? The other said something like, if you shower after you can prevent it as well. WHAT? This is nonesense being given to the poor people suffering and being uneducated.
IMAGINE, with me here, you have people campaigning alongside FIFA, get Oprah, get sport teams, clubs, do presentations in schools, business, teach more about this issue!
I see Billboards, shirts, I see Kaka in a commercial! Who knows?
Now I look at my resources that could possibly make this happen. This also is a shout out to YOU reading this for ideas, feedback, etc...
So here alone in SA, we've got media village of YWAM just down the road who make videos etc., I saw a film recently that is from Hollywood, and the director, is the founder of YWAM Loren Cunningham's son! What pull he has eh? What about Bill and Melinda Gates foundation? Funding? Supporting? Researchers? I also look at Wieden and Kennedy at home in Portland, who make commercials, movies, work with Nike and huge names! I recently went to Portland Creative Conference, thank to Tad :) and met Mr. Wieden, and I remember also meeting another speaker who was amazing in starting some restaraunt inovation thing, but she also has HIV and has a heart in Africa to help, if she as a spokesperson, and already been on the cover of Time, I met her too, if they got on board! WOW,
We've got NGO's all over the place, and FIFA is building these 20 HOPE centers around AFrica, 1st one here in Cape Town, they MUST get on board. If people do know this information and scary idea of what CAN happen, that's why I"m shocked if no one is not already doing something.
I need to do more research, but then again, how much time is left? This is something I worry about and have on my heart whenever it comes up, but then what can I do here in my DTS right now? WHy Lord am I here at this time? You have it happen for a reason, please give me the words to know what to do with these thoughts.

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