Stephen Lewis Foundation
@theslf.org
Championing health and human rights to end AIDS.
“Thank you for standing with us, and for continuing to walk alongside us in the critical work ahead.”
— Meg French, Executive Director, SLF
— Meg French, Executive Director, SLF
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Thank you for standing with us, and for continuing to walk alongside us in the critical work ahead.”
— Meg French, Executive Director, SLF
— Meg French, Executive Director, SLF
“If I could choose, I would wish for a kinder world — one where equality is not the exception but the rule.” — Alexanne Tingley, MusicWorks, South Africa
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“If I could choose, I would wish for a kinder world — one where equality is not the exception but the rule.” — Alexanne Tingley, MusicWorks, South Africa
We have one final chance to influence Canada’s pledge to the Global Fund — and your voice matters!
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We have one final chance to influence Canada’s pledge to the Global Fund — and your voice matters!
On November 4, PM Mark Carney’s government released plans for #Budget2025, which includes a $2.7 billion cut over four years to international assistance funding — without clarifying which programs will be affected.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
On November 4, PM Mark Carney’s government released plans for #Budget2025, which includes a $2.7 billion cut over four years to international assistance funding — without clarifying which programs will be affected.
Read the full statement at theslf.org/Statement-on-Budget2025
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Read the full statement at theslf.org/Statement-on-Budget2025
Fall 2025 Grassroots is here!
This edition celebrates strength and solidarity across generations and around the globe.
📖 Read the full edition here: theslf.org/Fall-2025-Grassroots
This edition celebrates strength and solidarity across generations and around the globe.
📖 Read the full edition here: theslf.org/Fall-2025-Grassroots
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Fall 2025 Grassroots is here!
This edition celebrates strength and solidarity across generations and around the globe.
📖 Read the full edition here: theslf.org/Fall-2025-Grassroots
This edition celebrates strength and solidarity across generations and around the globe.
📖 Read the full edition here: theslf.org/Fall-2025-Grassroots
Join our dynamic and dedicated SLF team! We're hiring a Field Representative. Learn more and apply at theslf.org/careers.
📍Applications accepted until the position is filled.
📍Applications accepted until the position is filled.
October 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Join our dynamic and dedicated SLF team! We're hiring a Field Representative. Learn more and apply at theslf.org/careers.
📍Applications accepted until the position is filled.
📍Applications accepted until the position is filled.
You can still take action before the deadline! Tell your MP to support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. Visit theslf.org/act-now-for-the-global-fund
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You can still take action before the deadline! Tell your MP to support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. Visit theslf.org/act-now-for-the-global-fund
Music can shape how children and youth see themselves and their futures. SLF partners like MusicWorks empower children living in communities affected by HIV to build bold, exciting and healthy futures.➡ Will you make a gift today? theslf.org/gift-the-power-of-music
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Music can shape how children and youth see themselves and their futures. SLF partners like MusicWorks empower children living in communities affected by HIV to build bold, exciting and healthy futures.➡ Will you make a gift today? theslf.org/gift-the-power-of-music
Two decades. $40 million raised. Community action and global impact against AIDS.
Grandmothers and grandothers around the world are powerful leaders, changemakers and health and human rights activists, while holding families and communities together. They are integral to the global HIV response.
Grandmothers and grandothers around the world are powerful leaders, changemakers and health and human rights activists, while holding families and communities together. They are integral to the global HIV response.
October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Two decades. $40 million raised. Community action and global impact against AIDS.
Grandmothers and grandothers around the world are powerful leaders, changemakers and health and human rights activists, while holding families and communities together. They are integral to the global HIV response.
Grandmothers and grandothers around the world are powerful leaders, changemakers and health and human rights activists, while holding families and communities together. They are integral to the global HIV response.
Contraceptives save lives. They are key to preventing HIV transmission and protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world. Access to contraception directly impacts health, equity and agency, including for women and girls, LGBTIQ communities, and communities affected by HIV.
September 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Contraceptives save lives. They are key to preventing HIV transmission and protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world. Access to contraception directly impacts health, equity and agency, including for women and girls, LGBTIQ communities, and communities affected by HIV.
“MusicWorks taught me not to give up because giving up is not an option even if times are hard.”
September 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“MusicWorks taught me not to give up because giving up is not an option even if times are hard.”
Stephen Lewis Foundation partners reached 2.1 million people through community-led programs in 2024!
September 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Stephen Lewis Foundation partners reached 2.1 million people through community-led programs in 2024!
In 2024, SLF partners reached over 2.1 million people!
Read our new Annual Report for insights on how communities in 14 countries across Africa are making real progress in health, dignity and human rights — despite enormous challenges.
Read our new Annual Report for insights on how communities in 14 countries across Africa are making real progress in health, dignity and human rights — despite enormous challenges.
September 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In 2024, SLF partners reached over 2.1 million people!
Read our new Annual Report for insights on how communities in 14 countries across Africa are making real progress in health, dignity and human rights — despite enormous challenges.
Read our new Annual Report for insights on how communities in 14 countries across Africa are making real progress in health, dignity and human rights — despite enormous challenges.
Act now for the @globalfund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
This year is a make-or-break moment in the HIV response.
✅ Email your MP
Tell them you want Canada to show bold leadership at a time when U.S. international funding cuts threaten to undo decades of progress in global health.
This year is a make-or-break moment in the HIV response.
✅ Email your MP
Tell them you want Canada to show bold leadership at a time when U.S. international funding cuts threaten to undo decades of progress in global health.
September 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Act now for the @globalfund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
This year is a make-or-break moment in the HIV response.
✅ Email your MP
Tell them you want Canada to show bold leadership at a time when U.S. international funding cuts threaten to undo decades of progress in global health.
This year is a make-or-break moment in the HIV response.
✅ Email your MP
Tell them you want Canada to show bold leadership at a time when U.S. international funding cuts threaten to undo decades of progress in global health.
Act now for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Contact your MP today!
This year is a make-or-break moment in the HIV response.
✅ Email your MP
📞 Call your MP
📝 Write a letter to the editor
This year is a make-or-break moment in the HIV response.
✅ Email your MP
📞 Call your MP
📝 Write a letter to the editor
September 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Act now for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Contact your MP today!
This year is a make-or-break moment in the HIV response.
✅ Email your MP
📞 Call your MP
📝 Write a letter to the editor
This year is a make-or-break moment in the HIV response.
✅ Email your MP
📞 Call your MP
📝 Write a letter to the editor
Today is World Sexual Health Day. This is a day to advocate for sexual justice, where all people have the right to health, information and dignity.
September 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Today is World Sexual Health Day. This is a day to advocate for sexual justice, where all people have the right to health, information and dignity.
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Cycling with my Victoria Grandmothers 4 Africa crew today, raising money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation @theslf.org. The cycling fundraiser is great fun, a great way to help other people, and also a great recovery goal. I’m over half way there. Donate if you can.
August 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Cycling with my Victoria Grandmothers 4 Africa crew today, raising money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation @theslf.org. The cycling fundraiser is great fun, a great way to help other people, and also a great recovery goal. I’m over half way there. Donate if you can.
“I am a criminal in Uganda. Why? Because I am a bisexual womxn.”
August 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“I am a criminal in Uganda. Why? Because I am a bisexual womxn.”
Community-led organizations are driving real progress against the HIV epidemic. According to a UNAIDS 2024 study, new HIV transmissions around the globe have declined by 40% since 2010.
August 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Community-led organizations are driving real progress against the HIV epidemic. According to a UNAIDS 2024 study, new HIV transmissions around the globe have declined by 40% since 2010.
Negem Lela Ken New HIV Positive Women Support Organization (NLK) is an indigenous, non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 2005 by five women living with HIV.
August 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Negem Lela Ken New HIV Positive Women Support Organization (NLK) is an indigenous, non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 2005 by five women living with HIV.
A 2025 UNAIDS study revealed that women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa account for 63% of all new HIV infections.
August 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A 2025 UNAIDS study revealed that women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa account for 63% of all new HIV infections.
Mariam Mulindwa is an inspiration to everyone who knows her and a proud member of SLF partner Phoebe Education Fund for Orphans & Vulnerable Children (PEFO) in Uganda.
August 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mariam Mulindwa is an inspiration to everyone who knows her and a proud member of SLF partner Phoebe Education Fund for Orphans & Vulnerable Children (PEFO) in Uganda.
On Saturday, you may have seen us featured in The Globe and Mail alongside 12 other leading Canadian humanitarian organizations committed to protecting the health and human rights of children, families, and communities worldwide.
August 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On Saturday, you may have seen us featured in The Globe and Mail alongside 12 other leading Canadian humanitarian organizations committed to protecting the health and human rights of children, families, and communities worldwide.
This #BookLoversDay we’re spotlighting a powerful and enduring read. It's been 20 years since Race Against Time, the bestselling book based on Stephen Lewis’s 2005 Massey Lectures, was first published. Two decades later, his insights on global inequities that drive the HIV epidemic still ring true.
August 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This #BookLoversDay we’re spotlighting a powerful and enduring read. It's been 20 years since Race Against Time, the bestselling book based on Stephen Lewis’s 2005 Massey Lectures, was first published. Two decades later, his insights on global inequities that drive the HIV epidemic still ring true.