ONE Campaign, OBI Waging Fight Against
AIDS
 Yellaiah
and Navin meeting with their OBI doctor.
 After
receiving treatment from OBI, Yellaiah is now
strong enough to return to work.
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In the past few weeks, Operation Blessing supporters
joined with 1.5 million people coming together as ONE,
calling on world leaders at the G8 summit to do more
to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty. And their voice was heard. Not only was funding increased by $25 billion to fight
poverty, but now 10 million people across the world
will have access to lifesaving AIDS treatment and
medications. Even now, Operation Blessing teams are at work worldwide,
helping combat AIDS through prevention campaigns and
medical treatment. In India, OBI doctors and nurses recently
cared for a man named Yellaiah, who learned he had
AIDS a few years after his wife died. Ashamed because
of the social stigma of the disease, he packed up his
young son and moved to the slums of Rasoolpura to hide
from friends and family. Even though he was sick, weak and feverish, Yellaiah
worked as a day laborer, but an accident soon left him
with a badly wounded leg. Infection set in and began
to spread, but he had no money to pay for a doctor’s
visit. When Yellaiah learned that an Operation Blessing medical
team was holding a free medical clinic nearby as part
of an AIDS awareness program, he decided to attend. OBI doctors treated his wound, but when they examined
him further, they discovered Yellaiah not only had AIDS,
but he also had Leprosy. His son also tested positive
for the AIDS virus, too. Yellaiah knew then that the
mysterious illness that caused his wife’s death
must have been AIDS. Though struggling with severe depression, Yellaiah
continued to seek help from OBI. Doctors supplied Yellaiah
and his son with free medication and nutritional supplements
like oils and grains that enhanced the drug therapy. Miraculously, both father and son have begun recovering
quickly. Yellaiah attributes the dramatic turn around
to the encouragement and treatment he received from Operation
Blessing. Get Involved Today If you haven't signed
the ONE petition, you can today
and continue worldwide efforts to raise awareness of
extreme poverty and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Also, you can offer your support to those suffering
with AIDS like Yellaiah, by making
an online contribution to Operation
Blessing and helping to fund medical services and treatment
for those in need around the globe. |
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