AIDS Candlelight Memorial

• The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is

much more than just a memorial.
• The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial serves
as a community mobilization campaign to raise
social consciousness about HIV and AIDS.
• With 33 million people living with HIV today, the
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial serves as
an important intervention for global solidarity,
breaking down barriers of stigma and
discrimination, and giving hope to new generations.
 The mission of the International AIDS
Candlelight Memorial is to honor, support,
and advocate for those who have been
affected by the global HIV epidemic
through mobilizing communities for a
world where people do not die of AIDS
and people living with HIV can live in
health and with dignity.
Goals
• The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
is a global event implemented by an active
network of people involved in the HIV
response, including people living with HIV and
key populations, to raise social consciousness
about HIV and AIDS, break down barriers of
stigma and discrimination, and giving hope to
new generations
 Provides Opportunity:
• To commemorate loved ones who have lost
their lives to HIV;
• To show solidarity with people living with HIV;
• To raise awareness around HIV within society;
• To reduce HIV related stigma and
discrimination;
• To reduce stigma and discrimination against
key populations, including men who have sex
with men, people who use drugs, sex workers
and young people.
 Core Values
• Dignity,
• Diversity,
• Transparency,
• Global solidarity, and
• Professional and Personal Integrity.
Engage, Educate, Empower.

The theme ‘Engage, Educate,

Empower’ emphasizes the need for
people living with and affected by HIV
to join hands and work together in the
response to HIV.
 Engage
To engage people, communities,
governments and donors in ending
the epidemic.
 Educate
To educate the current and next
generation about HIV, treatment,
prevention and care, and how it affects
our lives.
 Empower
To empower people living with HIV
in all their diversity to stand up for
their right to live a life free of
stigma and discrimination.