1. God’s love embraces people living with poverty, hunger and HIV/AIDS

6. Ryan White – 1971 - 1990

7. Credit: S. Kalscheur, USAID

8. so should God’s people. God’s love embraces people living with poverty, hunger and HIV/AIDS

9. You have

10. By giving to this year’s WORLD HUNGER CAMPAIGN 2006 KEEP THE PROMISE

11. THANK YOU.

12. Christian Reformed World Relief Committee continue to Your love and generosity helps the

13. care for the sick

14. break down the stigma

15. teach AIDS-inflicted communities the importance of good nutrition and how to grow nutritious food

16. get orphans in school

17. spread awareness

18. help adoptive parents earn more to care for orphans.

19. “Learn to do good. Work for justice. Help the down-and-out. Stand up for the homeless. Go to bat for the defenseless.” – Isaiah 1:17, The Message

20. Don’t be immobilized by AIDS

21. You CAN continue to make a difference.

22. PRAY

24. Pray for the hungry who suffer with HIV/AIDS. Pray for a break down of the stigma. Pray for how you can best serve those with HIV/AIDS.

25. “We don’t have to guess what’s on God’s mind here. It bewilders me that anyone can call themselves followers of Christ and not see that AIDS is the leprosy spoken about in the New Testament. God is at work here.” –Bono, lead singer of U2 and global advocate to end HIV/AIDS in Africa

26. GIVE

27. Continue your support for HIV/AIDS beyond World Hunger 2006. Give to CRWRC’s Keep the Promise campaign.

28. Help a family in an AIDS-affected area by becoming a Free A Family ™ sponsor

29. "Africa has great sophistication in its ability to deal with the myriad of issues connected to AIDS. It's not a lack of knowledge on their part — it is a lack of resources." – Stephen Lewis, special envoy to the UN for HIV/AIDS in Africa

30. SPEAK UP

31. Credit: R. Nyberg, USAID

32. Credit: World Vision, Australia

33. Send a letter to your federal representative asking for a bold national commitment to ending the AIDS crisis. Visit www.crwrc.org/involved/AIDS www.crwrc.org/involved/AIDS

34. “Silence is not an option. Nor is inaction. Injustice and suffering demand our advocacy in a world that desperately needs people of faith creatively working together for change.” - Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance

35. KNOW MORE

37. ASSUME LESS

38. “My experience is that there's corruption everywhere: in the U.S., in Europe, in Asia, and in Africa… But what happens is that everyone's wringing their hands about corruption without trying to solve practical problems…

39. And right now, we're not even helping the well-governed places, the places where we are capable of finding absolutely practical and effective approaches to turning help into real success on the ground.” - Jeffrey Sachs, world’s leading economist and author of The End of Poverty

40. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

41. Invite a CRWRC staff person to speak to your church about hunger and HIV/AIDS

42. Take a Discovery Tour to see CRWRC’s ongoing work firsthand.

43. KEEP THE PROMISE WORLD HUNGER CAMPAIGN 2006 CONTINUE TO

45. And embrace those with HIV/AIDS as God has embraced you.

46. “We must not continue to be debating, to be arguing when people are dying.” - Nelson Mandela

47. www.crwrc.org

48. Copyright 2006 – The Christian Reformed Church in North America w w w. c r c n a. o r g