AFA and AFL closed 2023 with joy for the children As it is done every year, AID FOR AIDS and AID FOR LIFE hosted activities for the holiday festivities at their different offices to also celebrate the great success and accomplishments of 2023. In NYC, on December 16 at the weekly Jornada, AFL welcomed hundreds…
AID FOR AIDS promoted comprehensive health with various activities in Colombia and Peru In December, World AIDS Day was commemorated, and as usual, AID FOR AIDS held various activities framed on this particular date to promote the health rights of the LGBTIQ+ community. Almost 500 people were served by AID FOR AIDS Colombia and Peru…
“Ruta al Asilo”: legal clinic for newly arrived asylum seekers in New York City On February 25th, the Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, and the Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Manuel Castro, joined us at our third legal clinic in Queens. Their presence encouraged the asylum seekers to pursue…
Young Venezuelan migrants and refugees receive training about entrepreneurship and finance in Cúcuta, Colombia Since January 2023, AID FOR AIDS has been offering workshops and training in Cúcuta, Colombia for economic and social integration of young Venezuelan migrants and refugees who engage in survival sex. For a period of 2 months, 30 young Venezuelan migrants…
How to react when someone tells me they have HIV? Stigma and discrimination have made conversations around HIV fearful and taboo, but it shouldn’t be! Educating ourselves to talk about HIV is one of the strongest tools we have as a society to respond to this health situation. At AID FOR AIDS, we want to…
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…