Background

South Africa is the most industrialized country in Africa and rich in natural resources, especially minerals. After repeal of apartheid in the early 1990's, foreign trade and investment increased. In the 1990's and early 2000's, however, the AIDS epidemic spread rapidly, bringing unspeakable suffering and destruction especially among young people, and began to hinder economic growth.

Supporting The Doctors For Life

The Doctors For Life, or DFL, is a non-for-profit organization established in 1991 to meet the overwhelming medical needs caused by the AIDS epidemic in South Africa and Africa in general. The members of DFL consist of doctors, medical specialists, dentists and veterinarians from across South Africa and the world. DFL aims to increase the awareness and prevention of AIDS, to provide medical and home care for AIDS patients, to engage in campaigns against substance abuse, and to develop and supply affordable and effective medicines to developing countries.

We are providing financial support to DFL with respect to the childcare facilities for AIDS orphans and funded the construction of a mobile medical clinic that has enabled DFL to reach out poverty stricken rural areas of South Africa and adjacent countries.

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