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A portion of the proceeds from each of the fundraising events will go to Keep A Child Alive, and any and all donations are greatly appreciated, the better to increase the reach and spread of this wonderful initiative. All 100% of money donated to Keep a Child Alive goes to providing children with HIV/AIDS medicine. "We are excited about teaming up with One World Beat for this amazing event," says Leigh Blake, co-founder and Executive Director of Keep A Child Alive. A letter from her. "As the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to spread throughout the world, many people and especially children in developing nations are dying because they cannot afford the medicine that will keep them alive. Only one percent of Africans can afford this medicine, and consequently 25 million Africans have died unnecessarily. This event will help bring much-needed awareness of the global AIDS epidemic and its effect on families, as well as financial support to those who need it desperately." Keep A Child Alive is dedicated to providing life-saving medicine to the 3.2 million children and families living with HIV/AIDS in the developing world. Every minute, a child dies because of lack of access to life-extending antiretroviral therapy (ARV). Keep A Child Alive will be striving to provide such medications, giving hope in the process to millions of people. For more information and to make a donation, please see: KeepAChildAlive.org |
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World Beat is delighted and honored to be partnering with Keep A Child
Alive, a new initiative of AAAW (Artists Against AIDS Worldwide), co-founded
by Leigh Blake, who also created the organization, Red-Hot, which along
with AAAW have been hugely successful music-related efforts to address
the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Keep A Child Alive now has clinics and projects
in Kenya and South Africa where children and families receive desperately-needed
ARV medicines is planning projects in other countries soon. | Subway Designs | FAQ | Back to news page |
