KEEP A CHILD ALIVE'S BLOG
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Keep a Child Alive Mobile Giving Video Contest
- Posted on 04.01.09
Keep a Child Alive has come up with an innovative way to drive mobile donations and promote their Mobile Giving campaign within the youth community. The organization is partnering with STA Travel to host a student-produced Public Service Announcement contest. Eligible participants will produce a 60 second PSA video asking viewers to donate $5 by texting ALIVE to 90999. Donations will go towards life-saving AIDS medication for children in several African countries.
Two Grand Prize Winners will each be awarded a free round-trip plane ticket to Africa to work with Keep a Child Alive on the ground for one week in January 2010! In addition, Grand Prize Winners will have their PSA aired on KCA TV (Youtube), on www.KCACollege.com, and at KCA events throughout the year. The contest is currently underway, and ends on May 1, 2009! Keep a Child Alive has recorded a video overview of the contest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0w5sT_Na80&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.mgive.com%2F2009%2F03%2F23%2Fk...Read More -
Keep a Child Alive Releases Red Carpet Mobile Video
- Posted on 04.01.09
Keep a Child Alive has recently released a new video to promote its text message donation campaign. The clip features John Mayer, Tyra Banks, Queen Latifah, Justin Timberlake, and Alicia Keys asking fans to donate $5 by texting ALIVE to 90999. Alicia Keys, Co-Founder and Global Ambassador for Keep a Child Alive, knows from experience that powerful things can happen when celebrities use their publicity to promote a good cause. In the Fall of 2008, Keys raised over $40,000 in mobile donations by asking concert goers to text ALIVE to 90999.
Give $5 Text Alive to 90999 from keepachildalive on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/3922953
The video is being released in the midst of Keep a Child Alive’s student produced PSA contest. Participants in the contest will produce similar videos, encouraging viewers to donate $5 by texting ALIVE to 90999. Two Grand Prize winners will be selected to travel to Africa with Keep a Child Alive in January of 2010. We hope that the newly released red carpet vid...Read More -
A World AIDS Day from President Leigh Blake
- Posted on 12.02.08
Related causes: Health
Dear Brian Sirgutz,
Today is World AIDS Day and day to remember, reflect and respond.
Remember our work is not done. There are still many, many people in the impoverished world without access to these life-saving drugs.
Reflect on those that have died because of lack of medicine but also on our accomplishments everyone of you at Keep a Child Alive have helped to achieve.
Respond to the desperate need of all of those unfortunate. To those of you that have responded to our call, we thank you from our hearts.
This year's journey to our sites in Africa brought us such joy and sorrow. There is still so much to do in one of the most beautiful continents in the world. I have written a diary of my journey - come and read about all of our accomplishments on World AIDS Day.
Please go here - READ MY JOURNAL - see what your support has done for those in Africa and remember that our work is not done.
Peace,
Leigh Blake
President
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Nyamila Video
- Posted on 11.26.08
Related causes: Health
KCA College Regional Leader Jennifer Salazar spent this summer volunteering in Kenya, and organized a visit to the Nyamila Community Center in Siaya!
Nyamila Community Center provides clean water, food, school materials and access to medical services to 137 children and their surviving caregivers in 47 households. Nyamila is also working to generate more conversation about AIDS in the community, by empowering several HIV+ individuals to openly talk about the disease, something that was unheard of in this area until now!
Jennifer visited the site with her fellow students from the University of Oklahoma and representatives from the Maisha International Orphanage. Her friend, Mark Nehrenz, created a fantastic video documenting their trip to Nyamila this summer. Check it out!
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Beatrice's Story, Kampala, Uganda
- Posted on 11.26.08
Related causes: Health
Beatrice knows firsthand the fear and uncertainty of women left widowed by AIDS. Her husband died, leaving her without any means to care for their tiny baby girl and young daughter. Her health began to fail, confirming what she had already suspected: she too was sick with HIV. Then she learned that both her little girls had HIV. Sick, poor, and completely alone, Beatrice was living every parent’s worst nightmare. She could not care for herself or her children, and because of her HIV, they inherited her terrible fate at birth.
Keep A Child Alive’s funding of a new free clinic, near her home gave Beatrice a chance to hope for the first time since her husband became sick. There, she was able to start on ARV treatment and begin treatment for her daughters. She was able to get food to feed her family and encouragement, love and support for their recovery. Soon, she was able to see a transformation taking place in their health, and her new strength led to optimism.
Today, Beatrice o...Read More
