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IDENTITY STATEMENT
The Adventist AIDS International Ministry (AAIM)
is an international ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that
brings hope, love and compassionate care and support to the people touched
by the HIV epidemic. It
serves the territory of the sub-Saharan
Africa and the Indian Ocean.
OUR MISSION
To coordinate actions and
resources to bring comfort, healing and hope to people infected and/or affected by
HIV/AIDS, share a message of education and prevention to the general
population, and present a united front in order to accomplish what our
Lord Jesus Christ has commissioned each of us to do.
OUR VISION
We are creating "Centres of Hope
and Healing" through our network of churches, medical and educational
institutions, and church members. We are mobilizing our congregations
through church based support groups. We are bringing practical solutions
to the infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. We are applying the
practical Gospel of Jesus-Christ, field by field, church by church,
person by person, on a one to one basis. We are committed to the social
responsibility of our church. We are helping to make a new generation
free of AIDS!
ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE
This office is the result of a
joint project of the General Conference, the three Adventist Divisions
in Africa, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), Loma
Linda University, and the General Conference
Health Department. This section is being
updated (January 2010)
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