Students from the Stop AIDS Campaign Aberdeen were out on the street in city centre last Saturday to raise awareness of their twitter campaign which started on Thursday 6th June.
Along with other Stop AIDS campaigners from across UK universities, they took pictures with the public holding up a giant #theworldiswatchingnow eyeball placard and encouraged them to tweet Justine Greening, the UK Secretary of State for International Development.
The campaign is to push the UK to increase their contribution to the global fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
The Global Fund is a transparent and innovative financing institution that provides funding to support programs that prevent, treat and care for people with HIV & AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria all over the world.
Currently the Global Fund needs to raise $15 billion to meet the needs for these devastating diseases for the next three years.
Azam Ismail, the president of Student Stop AIDS Aberdeen said:
“The USA has pledged to give $5 billion but only if the other countries give the remaining $10 billion.
“We realise that £1 billion is a big sum of money, but it is absolutely essential for the UK to step up their contributions in order to ensure that the USA keep their promise and the Global Fund can reach their target.
“We encourage everyone to join us in tweeting @JustineGreening on Thursday to let her know you care and that the world is watching now”
It is a network of over 30 student societies all of which are a part of a national Stop AIDS Campaign, a coalition of over 60 UK NGOs and trade unions.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abdnStopAIDS
Twitter: @StopAIDSAbdn
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