Crusaid

IT'S 21 YEARS SINCE CRUSAID WAS LAUNCHED TO HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HIV AND AIDS. SINCE THEN WE'VE RAISED OVER £26 MILLION AND SUPPORTED OVER 1,000 PROJECTS IN THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY.
BETWEEN 2000 AND 2005, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CRUSAID HARDSHIP FUND GAVE OVER 30,000 GRANTS TO PEOPLE IN FINANCIAL CRISIS. THAT'S ONE IN EVERY THREE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HIV IN THE UK. LAST YEAR CRUSAID RAISED £1.6 MILLION AND SUPPORTED 10 PROJECTS IN THE UK AND AFRICA, THE CONTINENT MOST AFFECTED BY THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
TODAY THERE ARE AROUND 70,000 HIV POSITIVE PEOPLE IN THE UK, COMPARED WITH 53,000 IN 2006 AND THE NUMBER IS INCREASING EVERY YEAR. CRUSAID'S WORK THEREFORE REMAINS AS CRUCIAL AS EVER. THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF PEOPLE FROM ABERDEEN TO CAPE TOWN WHO NEED OUR SUPPORT.