In EWs column Act With Me, stars share their personal stories about giving back.

That all changed with a 2003 trip to South Africa where she heard Nelson Mandela speak about the issue.

So if she has other children she can be alive to bring her children up.

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Credit: Courtesy Annie Lennox

I would think that is a sort of fundamental human right.

Its actually easier to campaign when the crisis has come to a terrible boiling point.

You used to have millions and millions of people dying very visually, she says.

People were dying in the thousands every day and that was before people could get access to treatment.

They are doing it 365 days a year, she says.

They are working hard to give a shot to keep peoples interest and investment in this issue.

Its about singing out, she says.

Its also about coming out against stigma and silence and shame.

HOW you’re free to HELP

Get tested, Lennox says.