The livestreamed service will compliment other materials, including a podcast, that reflect on the theme “Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility.” Prayers and reflections will center on how people, especially women and girls, and vulnerable communities, continue to experience injustices because of the HIV pandemic or COVID-19 pandemic. Those gathered will ponder, from a spiritual perceptive, the question: How can we, as followers of Jesus, take specific steps to overcome these challenges? The service will also remember the more than 30 million people who have died from AIDS from the beginning of the HIV pandemic, and the nearly 40 million people who are currently living with HIV. Though remarkable progress that has been made over the last decades, 13 million children, young people, women and men, who urgently need life-saving medications, are yet to access care and treatment. Prayers will be lifted up for faith communities at the forefront of mobilizing, caring, educating, learning, and living with people who have HIV. The prayer is also an opportunity to reaffirm the commitment of the people of faith to strengthen global solidarity, and shared responsibility to overcome AIDS. Prayers and liturgy developed by the WCC are available for WCC member churches and friends for use in their own contexts. Join the online prayer service on World AIDS Day, 1 December: 4.30 PM Central European Time (link to live) Link to Order of prayer WCC-EAA WCC-EHAIA UNAIDS World AIDS DAY Report- 13 Million Campaign | 
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