In 2007, over 2.5 million people were newly infected with HIV. Almost half were aged between 15 and 24*.

Raising awareness of how HIV is transmitted is one of the best ways we can help prevent the spread of the epidemic. By empowering young people with the knowledge about how HIV is spread, they can fight stigma, break taboos, smash ignorance, change attitudes - and help save lives.

As part of our ongoing commitment to HIV and AIDS awareness, we teamed up with MTV to launch the Spray to Change Campaign in 2007 and the Move Your Lips campaign in 2008. Together we're working to raise awareness amongst young people about HIV and AIDS, and raise funds for The Staying Alive Foundation, who support grass-roots youth groups around the world to help raise awareness and educate young people about HIV and AIDS.

So far, we have raised an incredible £1.1 million for the Staying Alive Foundation, and, through the awareness-raising campaign at The Body Shop and on MTV, it has reached millions of people throughout the world!

On World AIDS Day on 1st December 2008, The Staying Alive Foundation, The Body Shop and MTV announced that thirty new grants will be given to projects led by young people who are fulfilling the Foundation's mission to educate and inform their peers in the fight against HIV/AIDS. These grants have been made possible by The Body Shop and MTV's "Move Your Lips" campaign, which raised a total of over £725,000.

Click here for more information on the new grantees and the campaign.

*Source – UN Aids 2007