FACE AIDS chapters ensured that conversations about HIV/AIDS stayed active among their peers, and mobilized the next generation of leaders in social impact.
While volunteering at a refugee camp, Jonny, Katie, and Lauren befriended a woman named Mama Katele.
She was one of the few openly HIV-positive people in the camp, but despite knowing her status, she became sicker because she had no access to health care.
Mama Katele died without ever receiving a dose of anti-retroviral therapy, but her life inspired Jonny, Katie, and Lauren to continue to confront these injustices and to build a national network of committed students.
FACE AIDS directly employed over 350 HIV-affected Rwandans and supported their socioeconomic empowerment through structured savings and business training programs.