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JohnnyLingo · 02-11-2006, 07:14 PM

I agree that it's a huge challenge to educate many Africans about AIDS, for the reasons you explained.

So what do we do? To be honest, I see it almost as a hopeless situation. I know that in South Africa, AIDS is being spread like crazy even among educated people who intellectually KNOW about AIDS, but either don't believe it or can't keep their pants on.

When someone dies of AIDS, the reported cause of death among the family is usually something like "He died of a cold". It's almost taboo to mention it.

And President Mbeki publically stated that AIDS was not a problem while I was there. Absolutely crazy.

I also had opportunity to talk with Elder Lyman, who was the Southeast Africa Area doctor while I was there about the problem. He stated that the church estimates that they will have over 30,000 orphans on its hands within 10 years, due to their parents dying of AIDS.

02-11-2006, 07:14 PM	#47
JohnnyLingo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,175	I agree that it's a huge challenge to educate many Africans about AIDS, for the reasons you explained. So what do we do? To be honest, I see it almost as a hopeless situation. I know that in South Africa, AIDS is being spread like crazy even among educated people who intellectually KNOW about AIDS, but either don't believe it or can't keep their pants on. When someone dies of AIDS, the reported cause of death among the family is usually something like "He died of a cold". It's almost taboo to mention it. And President Mbeki publically stated that AIDS was not a problem while I was there. Absolutely crazy. I also had opportunity to talk with Elder Lyman, who was the Southeast Africa Area doctor while I was there about the problem. He stated that the church estimates that they will have over 30,000 orphans on its hands within 10 years, due to their parents dying of AIDS.