“About 2,000 babies are born every day in sub-Saharan Africa to HIV-positive mothers,” [Bill] Rankin said, “and we thought we could save a lot of the children by getting that medication out into the villages where the people are.”
Rankin and Wilson started the alliance with donations from friends but have since secured a $1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a $360,000 grant from the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation.
Contacts with African religious groups that Rankin made during his career as a priest came in handy.
“We knew that the best pathway to get to the villages and reach the people was to go through the religious organizations,” Rankin said, “because in very poor countries the religious groups are the only stable infrastructure in place.”
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A retired Episcopal priest from California hailed for AIDS work in Africa
“About 2,000 babies are born every day in sub-Saharan Africa to HIV-positive mothers,” [Bill] Rankin said, “and we thought we could save a lot of the children by getting that medication out into the villages where the people are.”
Rankin and Wilson started the alliance with donations from friends but have since secured a $1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a $360,000 grant from the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation.
Contacts with African religious groups that Rankin made during his career as a priest came in handy.
“We knew that the best pathway to get to the villages and reach the people was to go through the religious organizations,” Rankin said, “because in very poor countries the religious groups are the only stable infrastructure in place.”
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