aides

n. adjutant, assistant, helper, second

AIDES is a French community-based non-profit organisation that was founded in 1984 by Daniel Defert following the death of his lifelong companion Michel Foucault.Its aim is to bring people living with HIV/AIDS together with their loved ones and peers into an organized entity dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS and to defend the rights of people and communities affected by this disease. As of 2007, AIDES is active in France in 100 cities with 400 staff members and more than 1000 registered and trained volunteers. It is the largest non-governmental organization in France working on HIV issues, by number of activists and budget. It is considered one of the main observers of the epidemic in France. Internationally, AIDES has developed strong partnerships with fellow community-based NGOs in Africa, in Europe and in Canada (Quebec) to strengthen the role of civil society by sharing best practices and to jointly advocate for global access to care and prevention. It also developed a parntership with the UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
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Aides has various meanings:Aides is the god Hades.The aides was a French customs duty, during the time of Louis XIV.Aides are assistants.Aides (band), an Estonian alternative and rock band.Aides (butterfly), a genus of butterflies in the grass skipper family.AIDES, a French non-governmental organization against AIDS
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Noun
1. (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
(synonym) Pluto, Hades, Aidoneus
(hypernym) Greek deity
(classification) Greek mythology

Noun
1. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
(synonym) adjutant, aide-de-camp
(hypernym) military officer, officer
(hyponym) adjutant general
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
2. someone who acts as assistant
(synonym) auxiliary
(hypernym) assistant, helper, help, supporter
(hyponym) nursing aide, nurse's aide

n. assistances

n. aid, help, assistance; comfort, encouragement; lift, relief; succor, hodman; assistant, mate, helpmate, lender

v. aid, assist, help; bear someone a hand, support; take a hand; relieve, encourage, facilitate; go

Hades or Aides (Greek) [from aides, Aidoneus the invisible] Son of Kronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon. When the world was shared among the three brothers, Hades obtained the nether regions sometimes equated with Dis, Orcus, and Tartarus. After the time of Homer the name was given to the region he presided over with his consort Persephone. This corresponds to the underworld, those regions of the astral light which extend from the highest kama-loka to the deepest depths of avichi; although the more restricted usage of Hades applies to kama-loka. Hades is pictured as a dark realm in the depths of the earth, surrounded by rivers. However, the meaning of underworld shifts according to the viewpoint had at any time, the earth itself sometimes being equated with Hades.
The god Hades is sometimes called Pluto, giver of wealth, because grain grows from the depths of the earth, and in this respect he was worshipped as an agricultural god.