2. 34 million people in the world have HIV; over
22 million of those people live in Africa.
Facts
Approximately 3,600 people in the sub-
Saharan die every day from AIDS.
It costs around 40 cents a day for the 2
antiretroviral pills needed to help keep someone
living with HIV alive and healthy.
Yet more than 70% of people in sub-Saharan
Africa live on less than $2 a day.
3. (RED) History
To help combat those statistics Bono
and Bobby Shriver developed the
(JOIN) RED campaign in order to
fight against AIDS in Africa. The
name (RED) was chosen as a play on
representing “emergency”.
The campaign (continued goal is
to influence consumers to
purchase (PRODUCT) RED from
any of its partners in order to
raise money for the HIV and
AIDS antiretroviral pills.
Global Fund receives a percentage of the
profits (which can be up to 50%) from
each product sold from any of the
(PRODUCT) RED partners.
4. (RED) Objective
• (RED)'s primary objective is to engage the
private sector in raising awareness and funds for
the Global Fund, to help eliminate AIDS in
Africa.
• Companies whose products take on the
(PRODUCT)RED mark contribute a significant
percentage of the sales or portion of the profits
from that product to the Global Fund to help
finance AIDS programs in Africa, with an
emphasis on the health of women and children.
6. (RED) Target Audience
The main target audiences for (RED) are:
Consumers in there 20’s to early 50’s who make socially
responsible purchases.
Coffee lovers
Fashion Lovers
Technology drivers
Music lovers
Premium product lovers
Even though the target audience of (RED) is geared towards
a widerange of people the significance of the campaign stands
the same, help fight AIDS everywhere.
