Even if we do not have a scientific vaccine against AIDS, we do have a very powerful social one; the vaccine of education. Given the right educational opportunities, support and values, the young people of this world need never become infected with HIV. Kenneth D. Kaunda, First President of the Republic of Zambia.

Michael Kelly speaks of pre-school, of early childhood care and development; he speaks of the school as the fundamental unit of community, where every aspect of the child can be addressed; he makes the case, irrefutably, that the intertwining of AIDS and education is the unacknowledged answer to the pandemic. Stephen Lewis, Former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.

What have l found that needs to be said about educating in an Africa afflicted with AIDS? First, to understand what education is called to be like in response to the pandemic. Second, to monitor how the pandemic has damaged the educational infrastructure of African societies and continues to do so. My aim, is that people may somehow be helped to a better understanding of the infection and disease and thereby really begin its conquest. Michael J. Kelly, S. J.