Ariel Camp Maputo – December 2009
Denise Alves; Maputo, Mozambique
By Denise Alves
Maputo, Mozambique
February 8, 2010
In Mozambique an estimated 146,000 (Ministry of Health, 2009) children are infected with HIV, many unaware that they living with the virus, or what it means, even though they take medication. Parents and relatives keep a child’s status...
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Handprint Poster Creates Ariel Camp Memories
Espérance Nikuze; Kigali, Rwanda
By Espérance Nikuze
Kigali, Rwanda
Dec. 19, 2009
Photos by James Pursey.
Rwanda held its first Ariel Children’s Camp — named in memory of Elizabeth Glaser’s daughter, Ariel, who died of HIV when she was seven — in July 2009, with 28 children and 7 psychoso...
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World AIDS Day, Nairobi Style
Clare Dougherty; Washington, D.C.
By Clare Dougherty
Washington, D.C.
December 15, 2009
On December 1, while the rest of the world was celebrating World AIDS Day, two U.S.-based colleagues and I were visiting Nairobi, Kenya, to work with our staff there to develop an advocacy and communications strategy.
We were eager to ...
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Building Hope at the Rwanda Ariel Children’s Camp
Heather Mason Kiefer; Washington, D.C.
By Heather Mason Kiefer
Washington, D.C.
December 15, 2009
Photos by James Pursey.
It was 5:45 a.m., and I was running up a hill in Rwanda.
The mist was lifting below the Virunga Mountains. I stumbled over rocks and potholes in the rutted dirt road and tried to keep up with the pack of ...
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From Zimbabwe to Malawi: Opening an Office in Lilongwe
Patricia Mbetu; Lilongwe, Malawi
By Patricia Mbetu
Lilongwe, Malawi
November 11, 2009
It has been a year since I transferred from Zimbabwe to Malawi to open a new country office on behalf of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Lilongwe. After supporting the Malawi Ministry of Health (MOH) in the development of ...
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