Education,HIV/AIDS,Human Rights,Women 24 August 2010

Is this possible? Could a community, a generation or a gender honestly believe that women who contract HIV or are raped brought it upon themselves? I am at a loss on how best to report on this subject so let’s start with the facts.
21-year old Regina Joseph …

 HIV/AIDS,Main Content,Microenterprise,Women 20 August 2010

African women in their early 20s represent the largest group of the adult population infected with HIV. One of the causes is that their sexual partners refuse to wear condoms. This refusal is often a death sentence for the female partner. So how can infections be reduced among these women? …

 Children,Education,Empowerment,Human Rights,Women 17 August 2010

You are young, have a family with small children and have contracted HIV.  You cannot work because of the illness or find employment because of the stigma associated with HIV so you are unable to provide for your family. You live in a rural community in on one of the …

 Education,Health & Mortality,Medical & Health Programs 11 August 2010

In the U.S. we want to believe we make better food choices than less developed countries because we have the education and resources to do so.  However, we are not as different as you might think.
In the past year I have seen various news outlets make the correlation between our …

 Main Content 7 August 2010

With over 300 people attending last year’s Just Like My Child gala at the gorgeous home of John and Maria Assaraf, you just might see yourself in this video if you attended last year.
This year’s annual Just Like My Child Foundation benefit, Passport to Africa event will be held at …