AID FOR AIDS partners with ICAP at Columbia University and the CDC to provide HIV care to Venezuelan refugees in Colombia and Peru Venezuela’s political and economic crisis has led to the largest recorded number of displaced people in Latin America, with over six million Venezuelans estimated to have fled their country as of 2022.…
Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia, to be honored at this year’s My Hero Gala This year’s edition of the My Hero Gala will honor Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia, in recognition of his administration’s efforts in responding to the Venezuelan Refugee Crisis in the country. President Duque was the first national leader to…
Only 26% of Latinxs in NYC have received a COVID-19 Booster Shot Official data shared earlier this month highlights the need to continue promoting mass vaccination and the wide disparities regarding access to healthcare services in the city. As of March 2022, only 26% of Latinxs and Hispanics living in New York City had received…
AID FOR AIDS in El Español: Jesús Aguais, the Venezuelan who recycles AIDS medicine from NY: “There should be no one with HIV” His NGO, AID FOR AIDS, has been working since 1996 to provide access to the most vulnerable population, especially in Latin America, to antiretrovirals that allow a person with HIV to lead…
AFA and NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson celebrate 3rd Annual Medicine Recycling Drive! We are thrilled to have celebrated our 3rd annual Medicine Recycling Drive in partnership with NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson and his team. At the symbolic NYC AIDS Memorial Park, right across where the iconic St. Vincent’s Hospital used to be, our…
The 20th Edition of the My Hero Gala officially has a date! After 2 years without an in-person celebration to mark our main fundraising event of the year, we officially announce May 3rd, 2022 as the date for the long awaited My Hero Gala. The upcoming edition will also serve as AID FOR AIDS official…
AID FOR AIDS hosts YPO visit in Cucuta, Colombia to draw attention to the Refugee Crisis This past November our Executive Director, Jesus Aguais and members of our AID FOR AIDS Colombia team hosted the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) in a visit to our Cucuta location Highlights of the trip included a private reception with…
AFA Venezuela: Medical Training and Healing Venezuela Our office in Venezuela is very active, especially delivering milk formulas to beneficiaries of the Healing Venezuela program, through which we have fed more than 2,000 babies to date, infants who cannot or should not be breastfeed due to their mothers’ health condition, orphaned and/or abandones babies. Conditions…
AID FOR AIDS Promotes Sustainability and Good Hygiene in Education Over the past year, AID FOR AIDS Panama had been working with the Panamanian Ministry of Education and UNESCO on the development of an educational guide to promote sustainability, good hygiene and health practices in school and educational environments. We’re proud to announce that the…
25 years of our HIV Medicine Recycling Program! This year marks not only the 25th anniversary of AID FOR AIDS, but also of its pioneering HIV Medicine Recycling Program that helped launch the organization. The last year has been though, with the COVID-19 pandemic heavily reducing medicine donations. However, our team stands strong! Having recycled…