Daily Life,Health & Mortality,HIV/AIDS 10 August 2011

A couple days ago I read on AllAfrica.com’s news site that President Yoweri Museveni has called on Ugandans to “abstain from pre-marital sex as a way of protecting themselves from contracting the HIV/AIDS virus.”
President Museveni said, “I would encourage you to abstain rather than thinking that you would survive on …

 Daily Life,Empowerment,Health & Mortality,HIV/AIDS 28 April 2011

When was the last time you met someone with AIDS? Do you know anyone with AIDS? How is he or she coping with the antiretroviral therapy that most Americans can access through health coverage?  Did you know that there is an estimated 1.2 million Ugandans living with AIDS and nearly …

 Children,Education Programs & Schools,Empowerment,HIV/AIDS,Main Content,Microenterprise Programs,Program Updates,Project Justice,The Mandela Project 26 April 2011

I recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Uganda where the Just Like My Child team and our partners powered through a rigorous agenda. We negotiated a deal with Heifer International to put over 500 Ugandan families in business, we sealed a contract with women attorneys who will carry …

 Children,Education,Education Programs & Schools,Health & Mortality,HIV/AIDS,Medical & Health Programs,Project Universal Education 1 April 2011

Recently I attended the Clinton Foundation’s Millennium Network event in Los Angeles, California. I was literally at the foot of the stage in awe of the many people who share the same vision as President Clinton: the vision to encourage sustainable development, promote economic development as well as educate and …

 Education,Empowerment,Entrepreneurship,HIV/AIDS,Main Content,Microenterprise,Microenterprise Programs 3 September 2010

Anatolia is a 56 year-old HIV positive widow and was in precarious condition, suffering from HIV and struggling every day to feed her family of eight. Through treatment, counseling and therapy from Bishop Asili Hospital, she has learned how to live a positive and healthy lifestyle despite being infected …