On 18th July 2010 Annie Lennox attended and spoke at AIDS2010 conference in Vienna. You can now watch Annie’s presentation online, click here to watch now, (starts at 3.23.40 on the player). You can watch the whole sesson if you have 4 hours to spend. Cheaper than going to Vienna! However the Annie Lennox segment is very worth while. Annie has a great message!
You can follow the proceedings here daily.
We invite you to follow the 2010 AIDS Conference in Vienna on the web site below:
Rotary Foundation Matching Grants support the Bitone children’s center in Uganda, which brings music, dance, and opportunity to underprivileged children.
This is about orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda. It is about Hope, Education and Music. We would invite anyone reading this post to join us at RFFA for that is what we do to give hope to the most vulnerable children on the planet, Rotarians For Fighting AIDS.
Montreal, June 22, 2010 – Rotarians for Fighting AIDS, a Rotarian Action Group recognized by the Board of Directors of Rotary International that works to improve the lives of orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS, and FHI, a global health and development organization whose science-based programs bring lasting change to the world’s most vulnerable people, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding committing the two organizations to explore potential collaborative initiatives.
The two organizations made the announcement at the Rotary International Convention in Montreal, Canada. The memorandum of understanding commits RFFA and FHI to draw on their complementary capabilities, resource networks, and respective areas of expertise to seek collaborative opportunities, primarily in Africa, to provide care, nutrition, education, and life skills to orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS.
Albert J. Siemens, Chairman and CEO of FHI, stated, “The collaboration between FHI and Rotarians for Fighting AIDS is a natural fit: we share a vision of improving lives and a special commitment to providing a brighter future for children whose lives have been devastated by HIV/AIDS. RFFA’s feet on the ground, global donor base, communications infrastructure, and outstanding partnerships, coupled with FHI’s unmatched technical expertise, science-based solutions, and worldwide platform of people and health and development programs, offer the potential for highly effective initiatives that will make lasting improvements in children’s lives.”
Marion Bunch begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, RFFA’s CEO, said, “I am excited about the partnership with FHI because both organizations are committed to helping the children made vulnerable by AIDS. We have the ability to create a stronger sustainable solution by working together, using the efforts of Rotarian leadership both at the country level and international level, with FHI’s technical expertise and leading edge programs.”
Rotarians for Fighting AIDS (RFFA) improves the lives of orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS through the power of Rotarians. RFFA mobilizes Rotarians and partners to provide care, nutrition, education, and life skills, thereby mitigating the consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
FHI is a global health and development organization whose rigorous, science-based approach builds programs that create lasting change. Founded in 1971, FHI maintains offices and staff worldwide, helping to forge strong local relationships that enable it to make measurable progress against disease, poverty, and inequity—improving lives for millions.
This is an exiting partnership and one that we look forward to producing results for the orphans of Africa in the very near future, see the FHI web site below:
CEO of RFFA (Rotarians For Fighting AIDS) to attend the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, AUSTRIA. Marion Bunch will be in Vienna representing Rotarians For Fighting AIDS and we look forward to her reports on proceedings.
Also there will be Annie Lennox and here is her video on the Human Rights March to be held on the 20th July in Vienna. Annie has done some amazing work to create awareness on HIV/AIDS, especially in Africa.
L-R DG Neal Fogarty, PDG Fred Loneragan, Presidnet Ken Engsmyr, John Glassford, Past President John Pizzaro who set this in motion in his term as President of the Parkes RC.
RFFA Australia Chair PDG Fred Loneragan presents the RFFA banner of appreciation to President Ken Engsmyr and Past President John Pizzaro in recognition of the members of Parkes all becoming life time members of RFFA.
The 40 members of the Parkes Rotary Club in District 9700 New South Wales Australia joined up as life time members of RFFA. The Parkes club has been a great supporter of the Orphan Rescue Kit and we look forward to working with them to help the AIDS orphans of Africa.
RFFA and the members of RFFA have been in Montreal attending the annual Rotary International convention.
It has been an excellent convention with many many enquiries. Our break out sessions were well attended and a full report will be available here on my return to Australia.
The Orphan Rescue Kits are the main stay of our work and we encourage you to invest in one ORK from the front page above. YOUR help is needed more and more as the situation with orphans in Africa becomes more and more desperate.
The Orphan Rescue Kit provides in the main for education for the orphans of AIDS in Africa especially Kenya, The Ivory Coast and South Africa. RFFA, (Rotarians For Fighting AIDS) will be meeting in Montreal during the annual Rotary International Convention in 5 days time. We will be planning for the next 12 months and beyond. This campaign One Goal has the potential to change a lot of young lives. Here below is what all this is about for us at RFFA and please join One Goal:
Last weekend Rotary International’s District 9700 was honoured by the CEO of RFFA our Rotarian Action Group, Rotarians For Fighting AIDS. Marion was invited to talk at our district conference, held in Bathurst on the 20th and 21st March, by our District Governor Irene Jones and her husband Terry. Thank you Irene.
Marion presented our Past District Governor Fred Loneragan with a beautiful inscribed plaque recognising the wonderful effort that the Rotarians in D9700 supported the ORK during 2008/09. Fred adopted RFFA’s Orphan Rescue Kit as his international project for his year as District Governor and raised US$68,000. To see how the money is being spent read the story following this one below.
Marion’s talk was inspirational and highly motivational, delivered from the heart, the delegates were inspired by Marion, some to take direct action by joining RFFA on the spot. Marion also showed a short video of Reagan Omondi our 12 year old correspondent from Nairobi. You can follow Reagan’s story here:
Here are some photos of the conference and Marion’s presentation. {Click on the the thumb nail and then click again on the photo for a larger image.]
Photos by our good friend, Past District Governor John Egan, thanks John.
On International Women’s Day 2010 in Mathare RFFA and Hope World Wide Kenya (our partners in Kenya) distributed uniforms and school fees to the children in the care of Hope World Wide. This presentation was made possible by the funds raised in Rotary District 9700 under the leadership of Past District Governor Fred Loneragan.
Rotary Clubs in D 9700 were asked to support RFFA”s Orphan Rescue Kits during Fred’s year as District Governor in 08/09 where we did Make Dreams Real for some of the children of Mathare.
A full report on this significant event for RFFA will be published shortly. Here are some photos. Just click on the thumb nails for a larger image. A great start has been made for these children of Mathare.
The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Report 2008-09 has just beed received here in Australia and in it there is an article on RFFA’s Founder and CEO Marion Bunch. Click on the image below to read the article. Good on You Marion!
“It was a wonderful experience by our club members to raise the money. We’re working on a presentation of what we did in 2009, of which the ORK project was our main club project and our first ever club project.
Warm Regards
Tiang
Rotaract Club of Perth President”
Here is a great story of one Rotaract Club, the Perth Rotaract Club in Western Australia, these Rotaractors organised several fund raising functions to raise money to invest in the Orphan Rescue Kit. Well done President Tiang Cheng and the Perth Rotaract Club. Below is a video on what these wonderful young people did in 2009 for the orphans of Africa.
Please go to Reagan’s Pledge and read and comment if you may on Reagan’s first blog to his web site: