Stephen Lewis has had extensive experience as a politician, diplomat and humanitarian including tenures as leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, as Canadian Ambassador to the UN, as Special Advisor on Africa to the UN Secretary General and more recently, as the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Mr. Lewis is a companion of the Order of Canada and has been awarded the Pearson Peace Medal.
The Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) supports community-based organizations that are turning the tide of HIV/AIDS in Africa. They provide care to women who are ill and struggling to survive; assist orphans and other AIDS affected children; reach heroic grandmothers who almost single-handedly care for their orphan grandchildren; and sustain associations of people living with HIV and AIDS. Since 2003, SLF has supported hundreds of community-level initiatives in 15 countries.
