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 …

 Keep A Mother Alive,Main Content,Maternal & Child Mortality 28 January 2011

Every minute a woman dies from complications in childbirth, which is about 529,000 women each year and the majority of them are in developing countries.
A woman in sub-Saharan Africa has a 1 in 16 chance of dying during pregnancy or childbirth, compared to a 1 in 4,000 risk in a …

 Daily Life,Health & Mortality,Malaria,Medical & Health Programs 31 December 2010

As we approach the end of 2010 I wanted to post some fabulously encouraging and amazing results.
In just two years, 578 million (yes, millions!) of people in sub-saharan Africa have been protected by Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets (ITMN).  According to the World Health Organization (WHO)
“Eleven of Africa’s 43 endemic countries …