Congregation of the Mission and Daughters of Charity

“My name is Joseph, I have 8 children and in two hours I made it here with my bicycle”. These are the words of a patient who just arrived at the DREAM Center in Masanga (Mara Region), in northern Tanzania, bordering Kenya.

In fact, in late February, the permits from the regional authorities arrived, authorizing the beginning of clinical activities.

The new DREAM center is located next to the Dispensary of the Daughters of Charity, the only health center post within the surrounding area, where 350 medical visits per month are carried out.   A little further on there is a school (Primary School), which houses 200 children, and finally a Church. It is the picture of an area where men and women can come, be welcomed and cared for.

Mara Region is a rural area - Tarime, the nearest town, is a three-hour drive away. Small villages characterize the rest of the territory, so far without light or water.   The population is generally very poor, living on small-scale agriculture and a few grazing animals, and the basis of their feeding is Cassava.

Joseph carefully puts his “tag-date” in his wallet…and sets an appointment in two days for his visit with the doctor.   He says goodbye with a smile and, before it gets dark, he is back on the saddle of his bike.
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In 1988, the World Health Organization declared December 1st as World AIDS Day.  United Nations agencies, governments and all sectors of civil society mark the occasion by spreading awareness about the pandemic and campaigning around specific themes related to HIV/AIDS.  From 2011-2015, World AIDS Day will have the theme: “Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections, Zero discrimination, Zero AIDS related deaths.”

This year in June, the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on AIDS adopted bold targets for 2015: reduce the sexual transmission of HIV by half, eliminate new infections in children, provide treatment for 15 million people living with HIV, end stigma and discrimination, and close the AIDS funding gap.

Ban Ki-Moon, in his message for World AIDS Day, cites the progress that has been made in the last 30 years as proof that the vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths can be achieved.
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