Chapuisat is committed to AIDS orphans

 
Stéphane Chapuisat is the face of this year's spring campaign by SOS Children's Villages. The current advertising campaign draws attention to the problem of AIDS orphans in southern Africa. Former football star Chapuisat saw the work of SOS Children's Villages for himself during a visit to a children's village in Rustenburg, South Africa, and has been supporting the organization's fight against AIDS ever since. "I saw the vital work of the SOS Children's Villages with my own eyes. They give children who have lost everything the most important thing a child needs: a safe, loving home," the former international was quoted as saying in a press release. He has been a FIFA ambassador for SOS Children's Villages for over a year, and many children in southern Africa come to SOS Children's Villages as a result of Aids. Often one or both parents have died of Aids. They are given a new home in the villages. The organization fights against the social poverty associated with Aids, which is one of the causes of the disease. It offers medical, material and psychological support.
SOS Children's Villages is a private, politically and non-denominational children's aid organization. The organization provides a permanent home for around 65,000 children and young people in 132 countries.