What is the Rotary AIDS Hike?

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The Rotary AIDS Hike is a twenty-day charity walk across South Africa, covering 2010 kilometres (1250 miles).

Six students from Kenya, Japan, the United States and South Africa will trek from Johannesburg to Cape Town to highlight the needs of AIDS orphans and raise critical funds for the children left homeless and at risk by the global pandemic affecting more than 40 million people today.

The charity hike will commence following WORLD AIDS DAY on December 1st and will finish on December 21st. The Rotary AIDS Hike Team will depart from Jabavu Clinic in the Soweto township of Johannesburg and complete their journey at the Waterfront in Cape Town.

While Rotary supports thousands of AIDS projects throughout the world, a group of concerned Rotarians came together to create Rotarians for Fighting AIDS (RFFA) in 2003. RFFA supports more than 15,500 orphans and vulnerable children throughout South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia and Cote d’Ivoire and is recognized by the United Nations as the world leader in addressing the unique needs of orphaned and vulnerable children with the UNAIDS “Best Practice” Model.

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PLEASE SPONSOR A CHILD or MAKE A DONATION.

Only $450 a year – $1.23 per day – provides for the immediate needs of an AIDS orphan, including school uniforms, supplies, fees, psychosocial counseling and daily nutritional support.
100% of funds donated go directly to providing assistance to orphaned and vulnerable children throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

View the ANCHOR & ORPHAN RESCUE posting to learn more about these programs for orphans and vulnerable children. View the HOW TO DONATE posting to learn how you can sponsor a child or make a donation to the Rotary AIDS Hike.