"YAP-I's new publication highlights the tragic truth that increasingly, it is children and youth that are caught in the crossfire of the relentless AIDS pandemic. This booklet sends out a clarion call to governments, organizations, and all those who care about children, reminding each and every one of us that in many parts of the world, AIDS has placed and entire generation in jeopardy. Their future is in our hands, and the time to act is now."

- Sandra L. Thurman, Former Director, Office of National AIDS Policy, The White House

Youth Advocate Program International supports the prevention and elimination of HIV and AIDS, and the protection of rights and services for AIDS orphans, through our many contacts and partners worldwide working directly and indirectly on this issue.

YAP International has published:

• Children and the HIV/AIDS Crisis - Youth Who Are Infected and Affected

• Risks and Realities for Youth Living in the Age of AIDS

  Click here to download the full report as a PDF file.

YAP International Recent HIV/AIDS Advocacy Efforts:

• Actively participate in meetings of the Global Campiagn on Education (GCE), supporting recent reports that state that those individuals with a primary education are far less likely to contract HIV/AIDS.

• Participated in Global Action Day, the world's largest lobbying day on behalf of children.

• Shared information with UNICEF, Department of Labor, Oxfam, Council on Foreign Relations, and several other well respected organizations regarding the current status and potential solutions.

• Participated in the CWLA/Deepalaya NGO Professional Exchange to India through the U.S. State Department to improve international advocacy efforts of child rights and welfare organizations.

• Created a new curriculum and support materials on the HIV/AIDS crisis for use in high schools.

• Developed a new user-friendly website with information on the issue of HIV/AIDS.

• Continue to increase attention and financial support to the HIV/AIDS crisis.

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Last updated 7/8/2004