Rosedale Presbyterian, Toronto, will daily provide a place of sanctuary for those attending the XVI AIDS Conference and the Ecumenical Pre-Conference, August 10 – 18, in Toronto. The church, decorated with PWS&D's new posters for the Towards A World Without AIDS campaign, will be open from 2 p. m. to 8 p.m. as a place of quiet reflection for the expected 20,000 international delegates.
The world's largest conference on HIV/AIDS will have over 400 sessions, meetings and workshops and over 4,000 presentations. The theme for this year is, Time To Deliver. Conference abstracts, papers and session will be available online at www.aids2006.org. According to PWS&D, of the 42 million people currently living with AIDS, 95 per cent are in the developing world.
“This is a great opportunity to engage in our community,” said Ken Craigie, an elder at Rosedale.
