December 2009
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Our Visit to Aanchal Care Home
After an intense first three days in Jaipur, we traveled to Jodhpur to visit the RNP+ orphan care home in Jalore. Jalore is a very rural town about a 2 ½ hour drive from Jodhpur. It was so interesting to experience the differences between the towns of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jalore, each with its unique sights, smells, and spirit.
Naren from RNP+ met us at our hotel and took us to a local shop to...
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Our Day with RNP+
It’s been a busy week for us in India and we are excited to share with you more about our journey. We are glad to finally have the Internet access to update you now!
The second organization we visited in Jaipur was RNP+, the Rajasthan Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS. RNP+ is an organization that aims to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS in Rajasthan, to provide a...
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A Glimpse at FAITH
You can help keep the FAITH children alive. Give $5 Text “ALIVE” to 90999.
A one-time $5 donation is charged to your wireless bill or deducted from your prepaid balance. Donations collected by the MGF. 4 info call 866-810-1203 or goto hMGF.org/t. Standard rates may apply. Text STOP to 90999 to cancel ; HELP to 90999 for help.
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Holiday Feast at ALIVE Medical Services!
From ALIVE Medical Services, our clinic in Kampala, Uganda - we are thrilled to introduce you to Akampumuza Emmanuel. He is one of the HIV positive infants that have been brought to ALIVE Medical Services and are started on anti-retroviral therapy right away! When “Emma” was first brought to ALIVE he had a very bad skin rash, low CD4 count and weighed only 9 kg. We are so...
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Our Visit to FAITH
Yesterday was our first full day in India, and what an exciting day it was! We spent our day at the FAITH Care Home in Jaipur, which currently cares for 17 HIV+ children who have been orphaned by AIDS. Many of these children have remaining extended family, but for various reasons, are unable to live with them. Some of their families are just too poor to care for another child, and others have...
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Namaste from Leigh
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En route to India!
We’ve just boarded the plane! For the next 20 hours, we’ll be in the air en route to India. Our first stop is Jaipur, and we can’t wait to fill you in on all that we experience!
Thank you for joining us on this journey, and for being a part of KCA’s expansion in India from the very beginning.
Namaste, Leigh, Noelle & Danielle Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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Heroes and Villains...a World AIDS Day Reaction
By Leigh Blake AIDS Warrior and President, Keep a Child Alive Another World AIDS Day rolls around and yet again we in the AIDS movement are reminded of the ridiculous date chosen to memorialize the Global AIDS struggle. Coming right after the American Holiday of Thanksgiving, everyone here is stuffed and focused on their own families, and generally into Christmas countdown when World AIDS Day...