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Volunteerism Photos courtesy of U.S. Fund for UNICEF Washing cars, baking cakes–and helping young lives A child dies of an AIDS-related illness every minute of every day, and a young person contracts HIV every 15 seconds. UNICEF, a leader in saving children’s lives around the world, is fighting back with prevention, care and treatment–an approach that aligns with BD’s efforts to battle HIV/AIDS. BD’s long-term support of UNICEF’s work, through the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, made BD a natural partner to join their efforts to ensure survival of the youngest victims of AIDS.      BD created the “Hope Lives Here Challenge” and mobilized its volunteer associates to raise money in the United States for UNICEF. The Company promoted the Challenge on December 1, 2005–World AIDS Day. For six months, associates sponsored fund-raising events, from bake sales and a benefit concert to car washes and a photo contest. The Challenge has raised more than $140,000–enough to provide HIV tests for 35,000 children and 11,500 doses of antiretroviral drugs for HIV-positive mothers and children, as well as other forms of support, saving and improving many children’s lives. Separately, BD Biosciences associates worldwide also raised over $20,000 at their sales meeting in Barcelona, Spain, in support of UNICEF’s efforts to help children with HIV.      BD’s relationship with UNICEF and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF began in 1998 with a partnership to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. Since then, BD has committed more than $16 million in cash and products in support of the program. Photos courtesy of Associates Giving Hope Delivering the water of life for a thirsty village in Kenya The people of Ikutha, Kenya, cannot just turn on the tap to get their water. In fact, there is no water in this remote village of 3,000 far from the nation’s capital of Nairobi. There is none for farming, either, even though 90 percent of the village lives on less than $1 a day derived mainly through subsistence farming. The only source of water is rainfall–but there hasn’t been any for three years. The only source of clean water is a village nine miles away.      That’s why a team of BD associates took action to drill a bore hole in the center of Ikutha to tap underground water supplies. Learning about Ikutha’s plight through television reports, BD associates in Kenya founded “Associates Giving Hope” and started a campaign to raise funds. Donations came from three primary sources: associates in Kenya, the U.K. and Germany; BD’s European Leadership Team; and raffles at two internal BD business conferences.      With almost $20,000 raised, drilling of the bore hole began in September 2006. Although founded to support the bore hole project, “Associates Giving Hope” is becoming a permanent organization. It already has its next project: To raise $10,000 for a solar-powered pump for Ikutha to overcome the problem of low water pressure.