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 You go to the bus station, so that you can visit a big town. There are three buses waiting, each with 10 seats. The first driver says that during the journey, there will be a crash, and 8 of the people may be killed. You are scared, and go to the second bus. This driver says that he will ask the passengers to use seat belts. But there may be an accident and 2 or 3 people will die. This is still very dangerous! So you go to the third driver. He says he will drive carefully, at the right speed, and you will all get to town safely. He has never had a crash.

This is like HIV-AIDS and sex. If you have casual sex, you may have an 

80% chance of dying (like the first bus). The second bus is the same as using condoms (so-called 'safe sex') - you may still die. The only safe way is shown by the third bus - follow the rules that God has given us for our safety and happiness: no casual sex with anyone before you are married, and only with your husband/wife after marriage. God can give us the power to live this way, even when it seems difficult.

If you are HIV+, there is hope for you. God still loves you and he can help you through times of illness if you turn your life to him. "See, this AIDS has not separated me from Jesus' love," Adamu from Nigeria told people before he died.


Copied from AIDS is Real, C J Garland, Africa Christian Textbooks ISBN 

9782508648


FACTS AND FIGURES ON HIV-AIDS

- In 2006, 4.1 million people became HIV+.

- Uganda used many groups including churches, to teach 'AIDS awareness' and help young people not to start having sex before they marry.

- A number of women who are HIV+ received HIV from their husbands who had been with prostitutes.

- If a woman is HIV+, her baby may be born with HIV but this does not always happen.


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