New Website: Keep A Child Alive
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Dear Friends,
Please see below a fantastic new endeavor and organization -
"Keep a Child Alive" - founded by Leigh Blake, president/founder
of AAAW (Artists Against AIDS Worldwide), and co-founder of the
Red Hot Org. and the Hip Hop Global Reach Foundation. This ini-
tiative has been created to address HIV/AIDS treatment, and asks
people to help save lives which might certainly be lost without
it. The numbers are staggering, the need immense, but so is the
reward, and "little" gestures by each of us can make a big dif-
ference for us all.
With many thanks and all best wishes, and read more about this
exciting program in Leigh's own words below!
Janet Feldman
mailto:kaippg@earthlink.net
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Hello everyone,
I am thrilled to announce Day 2 of our magnificent, ever evolv-
ing, live website for our new HIV/AIDS treatment initiative, Keep
A Child Alive: http://www.keepachildalive.org
Please check it out and give us your thoughts.
3.2 million children with HIV/AIDS live in the developing world.
Every minute, a child dies because of lack of access to life-
extending antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. ARV therapy is the AIDS
"cocktail", or "triple therapy" that you've probably heard about
over the years. These amazing medicines have turned the tide on
AIDS here in America, transforming it from a certain death sen-
tence into a chronic, manageable disease. But in Africa, only 1%
of the people can afford these drugs - the only drugs that will
keep them alive.
25 million Africans are already dead. 9,000 more die each day. 40
million are infected with HIV/AIDS. The numbers are completely
numbing, aren't they? It seems impossible that one individual
could do anything in the face of such an immense emergency. But
you can help. Directly. You can pay for the life saving drugs
that these children and their families are crying out for.
We are asking for a dollar a day. Your spare change. Those frap-
puccinos that are full of calories. Those cigarettes that will
kill you. Pay your credit card bill on time and give us the money
you saved on the insidious late payment fee. Cook dinner tonight,
don't order in. Do something life changing for yourself. Save a
Life. REALLY Save a Life.
Imagine how it feels to know that the medicine for your desper-
ately ill child is available but financially out of your reach?
What would you do? Let us all make something happen to help to
change America's profile in the world. We can start paying for
life-saving treatment now.
Sending us a monthly contribution will allow us to fund the drugs
that are so desperately needed. In return, you'll receive a pic-
ture of your child and their thanks, or a letter from a mom or a
dad who is starting to feel better because of your contribution.
You can have an ongoing relationship with the child and see them
thrive. And your own life will be filled with the satisfaction
that you gave the greatest gift - the priceless gift of survival.
Please help.
Love Leigh
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Leigh Blake
Founder, President and CEO, Keep A Child Alive
Executive Director and Founder Artists Against AIDS Worldwide
Co Founder The Red Hot Org and Producer Red Hot + Blue and Red
Hot + Dance
Co Founder and Special Advisor to The Hip Hop Global Reach Foun-
dation
Tel: +1-718-832-7494
Fax: +1-718-832-7726
mailto:leigh@aaaw.org
mailto:leigh@keepachildalive.org
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