This blog is an ongoing effort to chronicle the achievements of the Global Neighbor Project, a partnership between World Vision and the Tacoma-Pierce County community with the community of Sekemang in Lesotho.Lesotho has the fourth highest adult prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the world at 31 percent--a rate that shows no signs of dropping. UNAIDS estimates that 70 people are dying every day from AIDS-related causes; of the 2.2 million children in Lesotho, 93,000 have lost one or both parents to the disease--a staggering 17 percent of all children. Even while help is being rushed into the country, conditions are worsening: Hundreds of thousands of people in Lesotho will require international assistance for a third consecutive year due to the combined impact of another devastating drought and the worsening epidemic.
The Global Neighbor Project (GNP) is mobilizing the entire Tacoma-Pierce County community--residents, businesses, government leaders, churches and synagogues--to reach out across the ocean in love and with support.
Join us and monitor our community's progress here!
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