Invitation and Registration

WALK FOR LIFE


"Follow in the footprints of Ophelia´s sister"

Help us raise awareness on the problem of accessing health care in rural Africa

The Zambia Walk for Life project aims to bring the issue of ART access in rural communities to the attention of decision makers in developing countries, donor governments, private sector and Sponsors and introduce innovative ways of taking these services to the community.


The Walk
To vividly illustrate the situation of people living with HIV in Rural Africa, Walk for Life is organising a walk in the footsteps of Veronica, a woman living with HIV in Lunchu in Malaya village outside Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia -25 kilometres from her nearest treatment centre.

The walk intends to bring people from NGOs, corporations, politicians and private individuals together in a visible, tangible manifestation of the difficulties faced by HIV positive individuals especially women and children in rural Africa each day.

The walk will take place on October 3rd 2009. Scania buses will take participants not joining directly from Lunch village, from Lusaka to Lunchu. Hotel Intercontinental will be sponsoring a light break fast, as well as water along the route. Other sponsors are Ericsson, Sandvik, Abbott are Standard Chartered Bank.


The Workshop

The walk will be followed up with a series of other activities around awareness culminating into a workshop on the 4th of October 2009, where various options for improving access to ART´s to rural communities will be discussed. It is hoped that the week will end up with a practical solution that can be implemented along with public manifestations and press events, calling for increased focus on rural treatment, care and prevention services.


We would like to invite you, your company and friends to join us in the walk, workshop and an opportunity to make a difference for people living with HIV in rural Zambia.

Thank you


For further information please contact,

Ophelia Haanyama Orum at:

ophelia.haanyama.orum@noaksark.org tel: +46 8 700 46 00/ +46 739 144 749

or Ruth Mubita at:

ruth.mubita@sandvik.com

Please fill in the registration form (to be found on this blog) and send by e-mail to walkforlife.zambia@gmail.com by Friday September 18.