Commemorating World Aids Day: Share these moving portraits of African lives touched by HIV/AIDS

Filed in archive HIV & AIDS on November 27, 2008

Here's another one from the mail that is worth sharing with you readers:

Hi Gloria,

In commemoration of World Aids Day this year (December 1), I wanted to let you know that a number of high-res photographs from I AM BECAUSE WE ARE, a powerful new work of photojournalism documenting the AIDS pandemic in southern Africa, are available for your use. Please help us spread the word about the continued ravages of the epidemic on the continent, as well as some of the pioneering and life saving solutions being charted.

This new collection by award-winning photographer Kristen Ashburn, a companion piece to Madonna's forthcoming documentary film by the same title, takes an intimate look into the lives of seven of the 1 million Malawian children who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Make sure the catch the film, which premieres on the Sundance channel on December 1 at 9PM.

Please encourage your readers to give both a gift to a loved one and a Malawian child by pre-ordering I AM BECAUSE WE ARE on amazon.com this holiday season. All author proceeds will go directly to Raising Malawi, a non-profit dedicated to providing community-based assistance to Malawian children who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS.

For a sneak peek at the book you can download a PDF here: http://www.powerhousebooks.com/IABWA091908.pdf

Very best to you and yours this holiday,

Sonal.

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