12 Feb An Urgent Message from Stephen Lewis
“The SLF is facing the greatest crisis since the nightmare days
of the spread of AIDS in the 1990s and 2000s. I refuse to
dissemble or beat around the bush. With the suspension and
cutbacks of foreign aid, the Trump administration’s unhinged
and random destructive acts put countless numbers of our
projects in Africa, and the people they serve, at risk. The
uncertainty, the ambiguity, the wilful chaos have resulted in
fear and confusion on the ground. As our Executive Director,
Meg French, has said: “Lives will be lost.” Our best contribution
at this perilous moment is to attempt to replace the resources
that Trump has expunged. Please give what you are able.”
- Stephen Lewis, SLF Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Board and
former UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in
Africa
“People will die. And with them, a piece of our shared
humanity will die too. This is not just a crisis of health, it is a
crisis of compassion, of justice and of our collective moral
responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us. We
must rise and fight — not just for the lives at risk today, but
for the future we are determined to save.”
Please share this message widely. You can make a difference.
Thank you for your solidarity,
-Meg French
ExecutiveDirector
Stephen Lewis Foundation
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