To "5 Night of Solidarity remembered "AIDS orphans by China Association, AIDS-Hilfe Köln eV, UNICEF University Group Cologne and Kenya AIDS Orphans Aid Association today with a rally at the Cologne Rudolfplatz the fate of the 33 million people living with HIV and AIDS.

Called for the annual action, the Alliance Against AIDS, an association of about 400 organizations and initiatives involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

1000 lit candles on a giant AIDS ribbon, the organizers drew attention to the global dimension of HIV / AIDS, urging more help for the victims and their families. "Governments must be more committed to the global access to life-saving drugs. At the same time must be done much more for those involved in the environment of AIDS patients, especially for the now 15 million orphans who have lost their parents to AIDS, "said the organizers.

More than 500 demonstrators and passers featured on candles of solidarity and participated in the petition of the Action Alliance. From a stage in Cologne provided the bands and musicians, "Room 16", "Queerelas", "Gigi Home Recording" and the violin / piano duo Hua Pi-tz and Bu Xing for attention and musical accompaniment.

Background: Since the discovery of the immunodeficiency disease AIDS has claimed more than 25 million lives. Despite these figures will still less than a third of the world have affected the life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs, and most people have no access to prevention and care. In many countries, discrimination and repression complicate the lives of infected people and the work of aid organizations. Even in Germany the number of new infections in 2007 rose again by four percent.

The organizations help children orphaned by AIDS Chinese eV AIDS-Hilfe Köln eV, Cologne University Group and UNICEF Kenya AIDS Orphans Aid Association are committed to reason together with the Action Alliance against AIDS in the global access to prevention, treatment and care.


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