2.  Applied for and received political asylum in Belgium in 1996  His story was first told in the book “We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our familes” by Phillip Gourevitch in 1998  Published his own autobiography An Ordinary Man in 2006  Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005

3.  Continues to be an advocate for humanitarian causes and refugee issues around the world  An outspoken critic of the current head of the RPF Paul Kagame saying "Rwanda is today a nation governed by and for the benefit of a small group of elite Tutsis...Those few Hutus who have been elevated to high-ranking posts are usually empty suits without any real authority of their own. They are known locally as Hutus de service or Hutus for hire."

4.  Force Commander of UNAMIR United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda  His actions save over 30,000 Tutsis  Suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and attempted suicide in 2000  Now an outspoken advocate for mental health issues concerning veterans  Testified in the 2004 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

5.  Convicted of killing the Rwandan Prime Minister and other top government officials and members of the political opposition  Convicted of killing 10 Belgian UN troops  Cleared on charges of conspiring to commit genocide  His trial lasts 6 years and 242 witnesses are heard

6.  Over 50 Trials have finished, convicting 29 people  11 trials are currently underway and 14 are awaiting a start date  13 suspects are still at large  The trail established a new precedent that rape is now considered a component of genocide  http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=T-umnH3GQ8Y http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=T-umnH3GQ8Y

7.  Who influenced Paul’s decisions?

8.  If you were in the victim's place, how would you want witnesses or bystanders to respond?

9.  Who influenced Paul’s decisions?  If you were in the victim's place, how would you want witnesses or bystanders to respond?  What was the global reaction to what was happening in Rwanda?

10.  Who influenced Paul’s decisions?  If you were in the victim's place, how would you want witnesses or bystanders to respond?  What was the global reaction to what was happening in Rwanda?  How did the media portray the events in Rwanda?

12.  Where did it come from and when did it start?

13.  Many theories exist…  Was it a mutation of a disease that monkeys get?  Was it from Cameroon?  Was it from Haiti or South America and then traveled to Africa?  Many conspiratorial theories exist about the subject…

14.  Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 70% of the total world population of people living with HIV/AIDS, 80% of the children living with HIV in the world and three quarters of the more than 20 million people who have died of AIDS since the epidemic began.

15.  The Facts….  Every 25 seconds another person in Africa gets infected with HIV!

16.  The Facts….  Every 25 seconds another person in Africa gets infected with HIV!  Less than half of 1% of Africans with AIDS are receiving some form of drug therapy.

17.  The Facts….  Every 25 seconds another person in Africa gets infected with HIV!  Less than half of 1% of Africans with AIDS are receiving some form of drug therapy.  In 2003, an estimated 26.6 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa were living with HIV, including 3.2 million who became infected this year. AIDS killed approximately 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE in 2003

18.  The Face of AIDS in Africa

19.  By the end of this decade it would take 80 000 orphanages, holding 500 orphans each, just to house the children orphaned by AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa alone

20.  How does this disease affect the stability of African Governments?

21.  Has the rest of the world responded to the African AIDS epidemic?

22.  The United States spends an estimated $52 Billion on the medical consequences of obesity. This is more than 15 times the amount needed to treat Aids epidemic in Africa.  One days supply of the AIDS therapy drug stavudine costs $6.20 in Uganda as opposed to 56 cents in Brazil where a generic version is produced by the government.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mogTwwepc es http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mogTwwepc es