We embrace the coming year with great confidence.

Dear all,

2009 is almost at and end and I would like to take the opportunity to thank all our employees and friends around the world. Our organisation continues to evolve and we passed a number of mile-stones during the past year. In May, Star for Life signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government in KwaZulu-Natal. This cooperation underlines the strong position of Star for Life in the region. With the MoU as a base, we hope that we can seek further funding for a broader expansion. The office in Sweden has made efforts to further increase the knowledge of Star for Life. The year 2009 was also the year when we expanded to a third country, Sri Lanka. In Sweden, two concert tours was arranged, starring the Star Choir and Triple & Touch. Moreover, we reached a public breakthrough when Malmö FF, a Swedish football club, decided to put Star for Life on their shirts. We can already see that a number of large actors are in the process of establishing a relationship with Star for Life during 2010 and we hope that this will give us even more publicity in Sweden. Thus, we embrace the coming year with great confidence.

Yours Sincerely,

Sam Olofsson

Secretary General

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Star for Life and the World AIDS Day!

Star for Life gathered about 30 people in the wintery darkness of Stockholm to highlight the World AIDS Day.

It was an evening to show solidarity with the 33 million people living with the disease today, of which over two-thirds are residing in Sub-Saharan Africa. The evening offered a preview of a new documentary about Nelson Mandela, made by award winning filmmaker Simon Stanford. The parts shown were fantastic and it is not difficult to understand why the BBC recently bought the documentary. In addition, Dr Per Strand (University of Cape Town) held a presentation regarding preliminary findings of a recent external report which has focused on Star for Life’s methods.

We would like to thank all of you who participated for your enthusiasm and support!

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