Charities and "There Is No Me Without You"

There is No Me Without You #1. Opened my eyes to the extent of the AIDS problem in Africa which has lost a lot of publicity here in America since anti-retrovirals made it a chronic disease rather than one that will surely kill you and #2 made me want to help.

I don't have my book with me to list out the many organizations that are doing great things in Ethiopia, but these three stuck out to me.

http://www.ahopeforchildren.org/ is a non profit organization whose primary focus is caring for orphans infected with HIV and have no extended family to care for them in their childrens home, or through community outreach to children living with extended family who do not have to means to provide the HIV+ orphans with the care they need. I love that you can see where your money goes with this program, you can sponsor an orphan, or send supplies.

http://doctorswithoutborders.org/ is an international medical humanitarian organization whose focus is to assist people whose survival is threatened primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. Doctors without Borders is very highly rated among charitable organizations as one that is great to give your money to, about %87 percent of your donation goes to the front lines rather than being used for office work/publicity.

http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/ is a public/private partnership who atrracts, manages, and dispurses resources to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. The Global Fund has become the main source of finance for programs to fights these three diseases. The buy (RED) movement in the United States supports The Global Fund.