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with contributions from Nelson Mandela, Richard E. Stearns, Tod Hertz, Ted Olsen, Cathleen Falsani

"AIDS is one of the most important challenges facing the world. The resources of a single government are not enough to address the question of AIDS in each country. You need the collective effort of the entire community. It's a global problem, which has already resulted in millions of people [being] infected; millions of people have died. And it is going to destabilize the social fabric in every country."

Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa
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"Two thousand years after Jesus gave the church the parable of the Good Samaritan, we still are asking the question, 'Who is my neighbor?'

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