StarTimes Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Philanthropy == === Ebola epidemic === During the [[West African Ebola virus epidemic|Ebola epidemic]] in 2014, StarTimes launched several operations in Guinea and Nigeria to raise awareness among local population. In Guinea, StarTimes made a video about [[Ebola virus]] and precautionary measures, and distributed sanitation materials to the local communities.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 September 2014 |title=Lutte contre l'épidémie Ebola : La société Star times offre des désinfectants à deux mosquées de Conakry |work=Guinée Matin |url=http://guineematin.com/publireportage/lutte-contre-lepidemie-ebola-la-societe-star-times-offre-des-desinfectants-a-deux-mosquees-de-conakry/ |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Xinhua |date=26 November 2014 |title=Guinée : une société chinoise de distribution d'images sensibilise contre Ebola |work=FOCAC |url=http://www.focac.org/fra/zt/t1214675.htm |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref> In Nigeria, StarTimes produced educational materials, distributed gloves and masks, and put Ebola prevention info on its website and Facebook account.<ref>{{Cite news |last=The Guardian Nigeria |date=25 August 2014 |title=Nigeria: Ebola... It's CSR Time for Startimes |work=All Africa |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201408252726.html |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref> === StarTimes-UNAIDS cooperation === On 12 May 2017, the [[Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS]] (UNAIDS) and StarTimes signed a memorandum of cooperation that made official a cooperation that started a year before "to reduce the impact of HIV across Africa by disseminating messages to the general public to increase awareness of HIV and UNAIDS’ work and reduce stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV and populations affected by HIV".<ref>{{Cite web |title=StarTimes |url=https://www.startimestv.com/newsdetail.html?newsid=1536114307237&code=6 |access-date=2021-05-26 |website=startimestv.com}}</ref> The first act of this cooperation was on [[World AIDS Day]], 1 December 2016, when StarTimes broadcast UNAIDS' HIV prevention videos on its African networks in English and French until the end of the month.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Akpunonu |first=Stanley |date=1 June 2017 |title=StarTimes, UNAIDS partner to help Africa end AIDS epidemic by 2030 |work=The Guardian Nigeria |url=https://guardian.ng/features/startimes-unaids-partner-to-help-africa-end-aids-epidemic-by-2030/ |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 December 2016 |title=UNAIDS, StarTimes Partner to Promote HIV/AIDS Prevention |work=This Day |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/12/14/unaids-startimes-partner-to-promote-hivaids-prevention-2/ |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref> === SOS Children's Villages International === On 14 May 2018 in [[Nairobi]], Kenya, StarTimes and [[SOS Children's Villages|SOS Children's Villages International]] signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see the organizations partner towards supporting vulnerable families and children, with an emphasis on empowering youth in light of the [[Sustainable Development Goals|United Nations Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Naatogmah |first=Abdul Karim |date=16 May 2018 |title=StarTimes signs MOU with SOS Children's Villages to empower African youth |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2018/05/16/startimes-signs-mou-with-sos-childrens-villages-to-empower-african-youth/ |access-date=25 June 2018 |website=Citinewsroom}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page