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Frequently Asked Questions
Why Angola? How does education improve lives?
Why education? Why is AIDS education so important in Angola?
Why build schools?   How does a school get built?
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Why is AIDS education so
important in Angola?

Prevention through education remains  the strongest weapon in the fight against AIDS.

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In Angola, AIDS is estimated to be 3.7%, the lowest of all sub-Saharan Africa. War isolated Angola from the infiltration and spread of AIDS, but that is rapidly changing. With no known cure, AIDS is preventative. Now is the time to allow Angola to avoid the devastation of AIDS experienced by all of its neighbors. RISE has a network through which the ITC! curriculum is being used in the schools as a pilot program, truly a matter of life and death.

Of the 39.5 million people living with HIV, 24.7 million are in sub-Saharan Africa. Of the 2.9 million AIDS deaths in 2006, 2.1 million were in sub-Saharan Africa.                   UNAID 2006