EMPACT Africa

01/25/2018

Church Connections for International Health hosted a webinar on Faith and AIDS on Tuesday. Here's the recording.

Faith leaders can play a powerful role in reducing stigma associated with HIV/AIDS and encourage testing, treatment and prevention and save many lives as a r...

01/20/2018

12/02/2016

An open letter to the President-Elect: Your first term aligns with the five-year window of opportunity to prevent a resurgence of AIDS in the 2020s. Please commit to continued US leadership in the battle to end to the AIDS crisis, both at home and abroad.

Today is World AIDS Day, a day when United States presidents traditionally speak to the nation and the world to remember the millions who have died because of the disease, to offer support to the infected who are still alive, and to commit to ending the epidemic that affects so many people around th...

08/12/2015

Our Charity Tennis Challenge Match benefiting the Honeycomb Connection Project raised $5,000 recently thanks to the efforts of Tami Schroeder who organized the event. Tami and her niece, Kimberly Huether, competed in a three-set match raising money by securing pledges from family and friends! The funds will help EMPACT Africa's Honeycomb Connection Project, introducing local African women to a new skill with two goals in mind:
• Teach women self-sufficiency through small beekeeping businesses, and
• Increase awareness of AIDS and encourage HIV testing and treatment.

07/09/2015

The State Dept.'s 2015 Human Rights report has for the first time included the reporting of stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS. Celebrating the occasion in Washington DC are left to right,Tami Schroeder, EMPACT Africa board member; Congressman Lloyd Doggett; Dr. Anne Stangl, Senior Behavioral Scientist and Lyric Thompson, Senior Policy Manager both representing the International Center for Research on Women; and
Dr. Allan Gerson, Chairman, AG International Law. To learn more go to http://www.empactafrica.org/main/2014/07/14/empact-africa-advises-human-rights-reports/

02/21/2015

EMPACT Africa is sponsoring training for women in Zimbabwe to learn the beekeeping business. See the whole story at http://www.empactafrica.org/main/2015/02/20/honeycomb-connections-gets-started-in-zimbabwe/

07/14/2014

The United States Department of State has, for the first time, decided to include stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS in the Human Rights Reports published each year. Beginning in 2015, the Department will assess almost 200 countries around the world through factual reporting by embassies, to determine if its citizens stigmatize people living with HIV.

This decision is the result of a concerted effort by EMPACT Africa founder, Dr. David Barstow, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett, and a coalition of AIDS organizations, culminating in a meeting in March with the Department of State’s Deputy Asst. Secretary, Michael Kozak, who is responsible for the content of the Human Rights Reports. Read more at www.empactafrica.org. Click "Latest News"

02/03/2014

The song download ends at midnight on Monday, so here's another link for you:
http://www.red.org/en/bankofamerica

Starting on 2/2 during the Big Game you can download U2's new song “Invisible” free on iTunes till 11:59pm ET on Feb 3rd.

02/03/2014

Free U2 Song Download - Did You See the Big Game?
itunes.apple.com/CONNECT4RED

Download U2's new song and Bank of America will donate $1 to help fight the AIDS pandemic in Africa. Download the song and save a life!

12/31/2013

Still looking for a great way to give in 2013? Save lives and receive tax benefits. Go to http://igg.me/at/empactafrica to give now!

12/29/2013

Join our World AIDS Day campaign to help 23 million people in southern Africa suffering from HIV and AIDS. EMPACT Africa is on the ground working in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa and Lesotho delivering training and educational workshops to end the stigma and discrimination of AIDS. Help us save lives! Go to http://igg.me/at/empactafrica to give now!