Why World AIDS Day is not over
While World AIDS Day is graciously honored by millions around the world on December 1 of every year, the unfortunate truth is that not a single day can fully give justice to the reality that more than 33 million people around the world live with HIV every single day of their lives. Even more difficult to demonstrate in a single day is the significant burden HIV/AIDS holds over Africa and Asia, where crowded populations and abject poverty are far larger problems than in Europe or North America. Although the rates of HIV are dropping and the measures to prevent further spread are finding...
Read MoreWhat's the point of joining us on Facebook?
South Africa Project launched a fan page as well as a group on Facebook. Here is what we will do and won’t do with the group and the fan page: We will act responsibly and will never send you any spam mails. We will keep you posted about milestones for South Africa Project and let you know about major initiatives – including fund raising and awareness campaigns. All other news will be communicated via our blog RSS feed or our Twitter feed. They will also be posted at our fan page & group but we won’t send you another message for that. Why do we have a fan page and a...
Read MoreActivities update: BarCamp Africa coming up, Desmond Tutu visiting Denver, etc…
I am excited about the progress of South Africa Project so far. We just started and are still in the infant stage. Regardless of that I’d like to share a few things that have happened so far: We’ve had our first board meeting of Ubuntu Now last week (Ubuntu Now is the non-profit that runs South Africa Project). You can check out our directors here. We are in the process of doing a ton of research. My wife Rashin has been digging out a ton of material and started to share links on an account at delicious. We are hoping to finish all our paperwork for our 501(c)(3) filing this...
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