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Hello everyone in the TIG Universe...
today I turn 28 and as a gift to myself I will be donating money to Oxfam and Care Canada to aid in the Haiti recovery.
I strongly encourage that all of you that have any celebrations coming up be it a birthday or wedding or what have you to do the same.
You can get another forgettable gift or something that will end up in a garage sale one day or you can help a nation whose population is seriously struggling to survive.
Let's take care of one another

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Response to AIDS day disappoints

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Dila Velazquez
Photo Editor, Humber Et Cetera
Published: December 4, 2008

Did you happen to see a lot of people wearing red last Monday? How about red ribbons? No? Me neither.
As the 20th World AIDS Day passed, I wondered why more people aren’t remembering the over 25 million people, according to the Canadian AIDS society, that have died from the disease since 1981. It seems like a pretty big number and yet there were no official moments of silence.
The crumbling economy, the possibility of a coalition government and the terrorist attacks in Mumbai pushed HIV/AIDS to the background.
Last year, our government took the time to acknowledge World AIDS day. Former Health Minister Tony Clement wrote a message on the Health Canada website commemorating the day. “It is a time to remember those who are living with, or affected by, HIV and AIDS and those who have lost their lives to this disease,” he wrote.
Clement then announced that in 2008/09, the Canadian government would spend in excess of $84 million on AIDS prevention, the most ever spent on the disease in Canadian history. He encouraged everyone to wear a red ribbon in support of those living with the disease and in the hope of one day finding a cure.
This year, an official message of remembrance has yet to surface.
Maybe we have become complacent in the fight against HIV/AIDS. It seems that many of us think it has become a problem of the developing world and that Africa is the continent most affected by the pandemic.
The fact remains that in Canada 58,000 people are currently living with HIV and AIDS, and about 27% are unaware of their HIV positive status, the Canadian AIDS society says. It also estimates that 11 people are newly infected with HIV in Canada daily. In addition, the infection rate for Aboriginal people is 7.5 per cent, according to the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network. Since they represent three per cent of the Canadian population, that means one aboriginal person is infected daily.
So instead of focusing all our attention on developing nations, we must remember the disease also affects those close to home.

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