World Vision Experience AIDS

This Sunday after church I want to take as many people as can go to the World Vision Experience AIDS exhibit which will be in Rancho Cucamonga. This week I will be posting information about this experience to check out. Today I'm printing the press release for the event.

Virtual Africa Exhibit Brings the Horrors of AIDS Home
The “World Vision Experience: AIDS” interactive exhibit opens to the public

for a journey into an AIDS-Affected community in Africa,

as seen through the eyes of four children

Alta Loma, CA —The nationally touring, interactive “World Vision Experience: AIDS” exhibit will be at Hillside Community Church to raise awareness about the effects of the AIDS pandemic on children in developing countries. Hillside Community Church this innovative exhibit in order to engage the community on the issue of how AIDS is devastating parts of Africa. The free exhibit will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day starting Friday, May 15, 2009, through Friday, May 22, 2009, except Sunday, May 17, 2009, the hours are 11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

“World Vision is providing local residents of Rancho Cucamonga and the Inland Empire with an opportunity to see, hear and experience in a personal way the lives of children whose worlds have been devastated by AIDS,” says Dr. Dave Burns, Senior Pastor.

Visitors to the 2,500 square foot exhibit will walk though a replica of an African village while listening on headsets to a story of a child whose life has been affected by AIDS. The stories profiled in the exhibit are those of four real children touched by the work of World Vision, and are inspired by true events.

“Our congregation is excited to host the exhibit and invite the local community to come join us as we do our part to make a difference in the lives of those most affected by this disease – our children,” says Dr. Burns.

The exhibit visited 75 cities during 2007/2008, and is slated to visit 40 more in 2009. About 4,000 to 5,000 visitors are expected to tour the exhibit in each city during a typical eight-day stay.

“World Vision, unfortunately, cannot take thousands of Americans to Africa to witness the tragedy of the AIDS pandemic personally," says Richard E. Stearns, president and CEO of World Vision, U.S. "So we've created this exhibit to enable people to 'step into Africa' and learn more about effects of the greatest humanitarian disaster of our time and how they can help. No one can do everything, but each of us can to something to help turn the tide against AIDS."