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Colombia
About ColombiaWhile a government-sponsored, health-care system provides care and medication to AIDS patients, many people still lack basic education about the disease. Colombia has the third highest number of HIV/AIDS cases in Latin America. People displaced by on-going violence in the country are at increased risk of HIV infection.
MCC Supports:Corporation for Social Community Development (CORSOC)Based in Cordoba, the Corporation for Social Community Development (CORSOC) is a church-based organization that works among the poor and the displaced. The poverty and uncertainty that accompanies the on-going armed conflict and displacement within the CORSOC project area have created communities where prostitution and drug addiction are common. In these areas, over half the population is under the age of 25, and no other organization is doing HIV/AIDS work. In 2008, CORSOC held AIDS awareness workshops in 5 high schools with 1575 students participating. In 2009, CORSOC will print pamphlets to share information, and provide HIV/AIDS education to1600 students between the ages of 14 and 20 in 4 schools and support the students as they then educate others in the community. $5 Cdn./$4 U.S. allows one student to attend a workshop about HIV/AIDS. $39 Cdn./$34 U.S. per month allows the students to do educational radio and television broadcasts. If contributions to a project exceed the amount needed, MCC will use the donations to support similar projects. |
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