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  • Climb Up in Charlotte and Save Lives

    October 28th, 200911:41 AM ET
    By Tanya Weaver
    On November 6-7th, the American Foundation for Children with AIDS will host the Climb Up in Charlotte event in Charlotte, North Carolina, as part of the foundation's annual Climb Up So Kids Can Grow Up charity series. This fundraising program challenges participants to engage in activities such as hiking, climbing, running, and cycling to raise awa...

  • Getting to Know Us - American Foundation for Children with AIDS

    October 14th, 200909:46 AM ET
    By Tanya Weaver
    The American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA) is a non-profit organization based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. AFCA helps HIV+/AIDS children and their guardians in sub-Saharan Africa who have no other access to aid by providing critical AIDS and related medications, medical equipment and supplies, nutritional supplements, and emergency suppl...

  • Three Days in Indonesia: Day 3

    October 09th, 200909:57 AM ET
    By World Vision staff
    Chris Olver is a videographer with World Vision in Australia. He has flown to Indonesia to document the devastation caused by the recent earthquake. It's been a whirlwind 72 hours, from being hastily wait listed on flights full of journos, medics and aid workers, to arriving in Padang and rushing straight from the airport into the thick of the...

  • Three Days in Indonesia: Day 2

    October 08th, 200911:03 AM ET
    By World Vision staff
    Children in Padang gather for the first day of school inside a Child-Friendly Space set up by World Vision. Brightly-colored tents like this are typically used for weddings in Indonesia, but until additional resources are available, aid workers are using it as a safe space for children to play. Chris Olver is a videographer with World Vision i...

  • Three Days in Indonesia: Day 1

    October 06th, 200905:08 PM ET
    By World Vision staff
    Chris Olver is a videographer with World Vision in Australia. He has flown to Indonesia to document the devastation caused by the recent earthquake. We felt our first aftershock tonight. Apparently hundreds of minor shocks have continued to rock Padang since the earthquake last week, but this one was the first to have actually shaken us up at ...
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