New groups are springing up to win a piece of President Bush’s $15 billion AIDS program, with traditional players and religious groups joining forces to improve their chances in a competition that already has targeted nearly a quarter of its grants for faith-based organizations.The administration is putting out a call for new community and church groups to get involved in HIV prevention and care in 15 target countries, most in sub-Saharan Africa. It is reserving $200 million specifically for groups with little or no government grant experience.Groups that have deep local ties in the countries and focus on abstinence and fidelity — instead of just condoms — are faring well. “The notion that because people have always received aid money that they’ll get money needs to end,” Deputy Global AIDS coordinator Mark Dybul said in a recent interview with The Associated Press....
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