Group AAVE

Group – AIDS: SUPPORT, LIFE, HOPE

The AAVE Group – AIDS: SUPPORT, LIFE, HOPE was founded at the end of 1995 when a small group of people with similar vision came together to respond to the pleas of people living with HIV/AIDS in Goiânia and the surrounding areas in mid-western Brazil.  The AAVE Group is a registered nonprofit NGO. Some of its members are carriers of the HIV virus and all are in solidarity with people living with HIV/AIDS. 

The name “AAVE,” (pronounced “ave” which in Portuguese means “bird”) was chosen at the end of 1995 when the Group was founded. AAVE - AIDS: Support, Life, Hope - has great significance for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as for all members of the Group, the objective of which is to provide support, life and hope to carriers of the HIV/AIDS virus. The bird symbolizes freedom, peace and hope. The red ribbon held in its beak is the international symbol for the fight against AIDS.