Sincere and warm greetings to the entire African Regional Youth Initiative (ARYI) family members around the world. Its time to mark another World AIDS Day with the theme: Leadership. The 2007 World AIDS Day calls for bold leadership in all ramifications since we need to be part of those who will build a better tomorrow.
With millions of people and thousands of events around the world marking World AIDS Day, today December 1st, the World AIDS Campaign is emphasizing the urgency of renewed leadership commitments by all and sundry, the stakeholders, politicians, government officials and the civil societies in the response to HIV and AIDS pandemic.
It is now time for bold leadership at all levels. Much of the best leadership on AIDS has been showcased within the civil society organizations. In families, communities, countries and even at the international level, Leadership must be demonstrated at every level to get ahead of the disease.
Making leadership the theme of the next two World AIDS Days will help encourage leaders around the world who are not taking the issue of HIV/AIDS to be a dig deal. The media have been trying their best in reaching out to the world on the issue of HIV/AIDS but there is room for improvement. Civil societies as well need to get to the grassroots since we are the leaders carrying the cross of this crusade. Most of us are based in the cities while HIV/AIDS is wrecking havoc in the rural areas.
Once again, on behalf of the ARYI Nigeria country team members and the entire members of the organization in Nigeria, I wish you all happy World AIDS Day 2007.
Sesan Olukoya,
Country Representative,
African Regional Youth Initiative (ARYI-Nigeria)
Lagos Nigeria.
aryinigeria@yahoo.com, nigeria@africaninitiative.org
234-1-8117170, +2348056310336
Country Representative,
African Regional Youth Initiative (ARYI-Nigeria)
Lagos Nigeria.
aryinigeria@yahoo.com, nigeria@africaninitiative.org
234-1-8117170, +2348056310336
