Who benefits from this ride and why donate?

Today, India, China, and most countries in Africa face challenges in fighting HIV/AIDS that are much different than those faced in more developed nations with a large HIV+ positive population like in San Francisco. You would be surprised to know that India has one of the largest HIV+ populations in the world. But, no matter where the human suffering is the same due to HIV/AIDS.

The San Francisco AIDS foundation (SFAF) is doing groundbreaking work itself, and through its global beneficiaries. They have raised $52 million since 2002.

Pangaea Global AIDS foundation is one of them. Pangaea was founded in 2001 by SFAF in response to the global imperative to expand access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment in resource limited setting and mid-level economies. It has public, private, and in-country partners to strengthen infrastructure and systems of care, and to develop new treatment capacity and treatment-based HIV prevention as required.

To give you some perspective - the Yunan province alone accounts for 25% of all reported HIV+ cases in China. Pangaea’s decentralized model that integrates with the existing systems of care is helping to extend HIV/AIDS care from counties to townships and villages; in India one of the unique challenges is the very large hidden and mobile population.

Having lived in India, it is my conviction that every work we do, implementing and improving these infrastructure and systems of care, will have a global impact.