Aids Orphans

Wait... I'm Confused Now

Hayden Bixby | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Orphanages, Rotary International, AIDS Orphans, Development, International Development, Rotary, Impact News

We can't meet only the needs of individual children if we expect them to mature into adults that can be productive within a thriving community. Cura Village, as it turns out, thrives without us.

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Remembering AIDS Orphans on World AIDS Day

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Orphans, World AIDS Day 2011, World AIDS Day, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Impact News

Statement by Dr. Jane Aronson, founder and CEO of Worldwide Orphans Foundation: On World AIDS Day, observed Dec. 1, we remember the millions of preci...

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Abandonment of a Baby: Jail and Adoption are not the Answers

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Jane Aronson, Orphans, AIDS Orphans, International Aid, Mothers, Humanitarian Aid, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Impact News

When I saw this little boy's photos in my inbox, I was eager to learn about this child. He was sweet and shiny and alert, just a few months old, and I felt hopeful for a moment. Then I read the social history.

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New York Chef Spends Vacation With South African Orphans

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Microfinance, Orphans, Lily of the Valley, Greatest Person of the Day, Hiv, Lynn Bound, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Orphans, Moma, Museum of Modern Art, Good News, Impact News

Many people spend their summer vacations basking along sun-drenched beaches or traveling to exotic ports-of-call. But Lynn Bound wanted her holiday to...

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Reunifying Ethiopian HIV Orphans With Extended Family

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Jane Aronson, Ethiopia, AIDS Orphans, Children, Orphans, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Impact News

The task of reuniting orphans living with HIV with their family was daunting from so many angles. To have their families take them back into their hearts is a gargantuan achievement.

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Moving Beyond "AIDS Orphans"

Mark Canavera | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv, AIDS Orphans, HIV/AIDS Africa, Orphans, World News

Popular American conceptions about so-called "AIDS orphans" are based largely on well-intentioned but ultimately inaccurate portrayals of children.

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Ethiopian Orphans Are Growing Up With a World of Possibilities

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Ethiopia, AIDS Orphans, Ethiopian Orphans, Vulnerable Children, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Orphans, Impact News

I am aware of how these healthy and proud children are growing up to be outstanding Ethiopian citizens. They need our love and support. It can't be 39 or 39,000 -- it must be all of them.

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What's AIDS Got to Do With It?

Vivian Glyck | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Just Like My Child, Orphans, Micro-Enterprise, Project GRACE, AIDS Orphans, Aids, Women?S Empowerment, Bishop Asili Hospital, Microenterpise, Impact News

I ask, "What's AIDS got to do with it?" because the chances of meeting a person with AIDS in Uganda is far greater than meeting someone here in the States.

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Is Charity Doing More Harm Than Good In Cambodia?

Ken Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cambodia, HIV/AIDS, Charity, AIDS Orphans, Youth Leadership, Face-to-Face-Aids-Project, Impact News

Are we supporting an environment where charities like SCC and Face-to-Face are helping others make profits, while they leave us to support their own peoples?

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Let's Get Real About Mentoring

Chris Norwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children of Single Parents, Mentoring Reform, AIDS Orphans, Teen Mentors, Grandparent Households, Impact News

The main mentors in the United States should be teens -- and, moreover, they should be should teens who live in the same communities and have the same problems as kids most in need of mentors.

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Understanding the AIDS Epidemic in Africa

Wendy Cross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, Nextaid, AIDS Orphans, World Aids, Dennilton, AIDS in Africa, Wendy Cross, Mpumalanga, Impact News

Another World AIDS Day has come and gone. This day serves as a call to action to remember the millions of people in communities all around the world that are affected by HIV and AIDS.

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Rooney Mara, 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' Actress, Helps Kenyan Orphans

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Faces of Kibera, Lisbeth Salander, AIDS Orphans, Kibera Slum, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara, Kenyan Orphans, Impact News

The relatively-unknown actress Rooney Mara has recently been announced as the official choice for the role of Lisbeth Salander, the titular character ...

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Great Strides in the AIDS Response -- and a Need to Continue Moving Forward Together

International AIDS Conference 2010 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Michel Sidibe, Michel Kazatchkine, Jeffrey Sachs, Eric Goosby, AIDs Epidemic, International AIDS Conference, Aaron Motsoaledi, Aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Orphans, Aids Epidemic in Africa, International AIDS Conference 2010, Tachi Yamada, Impact News

Once again, we are at a crossroads in the global AIDS response. Far from giving up or turning back, this is the time to learn from our experience, roll up our sleeves, and get the job done.

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Will Obama Keep up the Fight on Global AIDS?

Leila Nimatallah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Pepfar, Global Fund, Orphans, International AIDS Conference, Aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Orphans, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Antiretroviral Drugs, World News

With AIDS still killing 7,400 people each day, now is not the time to slow down, especially when you consider the impact of the crisis on children.

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Our Baffling New National AIDS Plan

Chris Norwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treatment Trials, Obama Administration, AIDS Orphans, AIDS Plan, Peer Educators, Community Services, National AIDS Strategy, New York News

The National AIDS Plan is not wrong in what it does say. But the important issues left out -- almost bizarrely unmentioned -- are what make this plan so incomprehensible.

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Charity as a Drop in the Bucket: Day 9

Ken Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Malawi, AIDS Orphans, HIV/AIDS Africa, Youth Leadership, Face-to-Face-Aids-Project, Impact News

I spent nine days in Malawi trying to turn deformed maize, witchcraft, and HIV into catalysts of change. Join me and my Face-to-Face AIDS Project and see how our ideas of charity evolve with on-the-ground experiences.

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'Orphan Doctor' Calls on World Community to End Orphan Crisis by Tackling Poverty

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Jane Aronson, founder and CEO of Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO), has issued a bold response today to a recent article on child trafficking. J...

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Charity as a Drop in the Bucket: Day 4

Ken Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, South Africa, Bob Marley, Malawi, Maize, Dolly Parton, Africa, Witchcraft, Phil Collins, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Orphans, World News

There's a statement you'll hear everyday in Malawi. "After all, this is Africa..." is said in response to anything that's slow, late, malfunctioning, isn't rational, isn't sensible, is puzzling, perplexing, or absurd.

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Prince Harry, Prince William Visit Lesotho AIDS Orphans

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Prince Harry, Sentebale, AIDS Orphans, Lesotho, Prince William, Orphans, Impact News

As part of their first joint official foreign tour, Prince Harry took his older bother Prince William to Lesotho this week so that he could share his ...

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AIDS Orphans and Faith: Why I Return to Uganda

Twesigye Jackson Kaguri | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jackson Kaguri, Uganda HIV/AIDS Orphansm, HIV/AIDS Orphans Africa, AIDS Orphans, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Orphans Uganda, Uganda AIDS, Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, Nyaka AIDS Orphans School, HIV/AIDS Orphans Uganda, Uganda AIDS Orphans, HIV/AIDS Africa, Africa AIDS, AIDS Uganda, AIDS Orphans Africa, AIDS Africa, Religion News

I could take credit for the accomplishments of the students at the Nyaka AIDS Orphans School in my village, but without God's guidance every day, Nyaka School would not exist.

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Jon Pedley, British Millionaire, To Sell Company, Help Ugandan Orphans

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africa Orphans, Uganda, Uganda Vision, Jon Pedley, AIDS Orphans, Uganda Orphans, Orphans, Impact News

After waking up from a six week long coma in 2002 following a drunk driving accident, British millionaire Jon Pedley had a new lease on life. "I've l...

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Dr. Judy on the Trauma of Disasters - like Haitian Earthquake

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, Petites Desdunes, Clinical Psychology, Children, United Nations, Sri Lanka, Peking University Health Science Center, Mathato Mosisili, Leogane, 9/11, U.N. Committee on Mental Health, Summit for the First Ladies of Africa, Fordham University, Father Wismick Jean-Charles, AIDS Orphans, Disaster Relief, Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots Peacebuilding Between Israelis and Palestinians, Pakalitha Mosisili, U.S. Doctors for Africa, South Africa, Webster Hall, Dr. Judy Kuriansky, Port-Au-Prince, Hurricane Katrina, American Psychiatric Association, Long Island, Lesotho, Bill Clinton, Red Cross, Roman Catholic Church, Quarterly Arts Soiree, Global Citizenship Award for Leadership in Helping Humanity, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Nicolas Neidhardt, New York City, Haiti, Columbia University Teachers College, Doctors Without Borders, Tsunami, Haitian Boy Scouts, Orphans International Worldwide, Jacmel, L'Hopital De La Communaute Haïtienne, International Association of Applied Psychology Israel, New York News

New York clinical psychologist and well-known TV and radio personality Judy Kuriansky, Ph.D. just returned from Haiti where she trained "comforters" -...

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Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso Celebrate Sentebale in Barbados

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Sentebale, an organization that supports children in Lesotho, was founded by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso in 2006. The princes directed attention towards the problem by playing in the inaugural Sentebale Polo Cup.

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Orphans of Disaster

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media, Global Poverty, Poverty, AIDS Orphans, Haiti Earthquake, Adoption, Orphans, World News

Amidst the horror and heartbreak in Haiti, there is the added atrocity of children losing their parents. Because there are no real numbers to put on ...

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Artists Benefit New York AIDS Orphans Oct. 15th

Chris Norwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aids-Orphans, Art Benefit, Children's Health, Conde Nast Building, Trees, April Gornik, Health People, Milton Glazer, Garry Trudeau, New York News

New York City has the most AIDS orphans of any city in the Western world -- but you'd hardly know. The city doesn't even count them, much less try to assist them.

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