The aWAKE Project, Second Edition
Description
"Today, this very day, 5,500 Africans will die of AIDS. If this isn't emergency, what is?" -Bono (U2)
The aWAKE Project, Second Edition is an updated collection of stories and essays geared toward educating and mobilizing Americans to help with the AIDS crisis in Africa. Action is needed for a continent on which five people die every minute from the deadly AIDS virus. aWAKE stands for: AIDS-Working toward Awareness, Knowledge and Engagement.
Compiled of articles written by significant speakers on the AIDS issue, ranging from Nelson Mandela to Kay Warren, The aWAKE Project provides poignant stories and compelling statistics, encouraging the reader to care and even take action to battle this horrific crisis.
A significant portion of the proceeds from sales of The aWAKE Project will be donated to non-profits helping those in Africa.
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Content
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Letter from the Editors
- Introduction
- Part I: Awareness
- Edward Thompson AIDS, My Friend, AIDS
- Johanna McGeary Death Stalks a Continent
- George W. Bush Remarks by the President on Compassion and HIV/AIDS
- William H. Frist, M.D. Taking Our Stand Against HIV/AIDS
- Kay Warren Seriously Disturbed
- Desmond Tutu Christmas Sermon: Washington National Cathedral
- Margaret Becker Hope for the Hopeless
- Jimmy Carter Faith-based Groups Confronting HIV/AIDS
- Agnes Nyamayarwo The Story of My Life
- Rick Santorum We Can Beat This Disease
- Jesse Helms We Cannot Turn Away
- Kofi Annan We Can Beat AIDS
- Jeffrey Sachs Let's Fulfill Our Hopes for the Millenium
- Dikembe Mutombo Corporate Council on Africa: Remarks
- Luci Swindoll Love Brings Healing
- Ellie Ambrose What I Did to Help
- Charlie Peacock Africa, It's Personal
- Olusegun Obasanjo Letter to the Southern Baptist Convention
- Bono Transcript
- Part II: Knowledge
- Nadine Gordimer Once Upon a Time
- Philip Yancey Jogging Past the AIDS Clinic
- Lynne Hybels Why Bother to Hope?
- Stephen Lewis AIDS in Africa
- Nelson Mandela Speech at the XV International AIDS Conference
- Danny Glover HIV/AIDS and Africa's Poverty
- Rachel Gbenyon-Diggs Africa's Children: A Dying Breed
- Helen Epstein and Lincoln Chen Can AIDS Be Stopped?
- Richard Stearns Women and Orphans: The Hidden Faces of AIDS
- Mark Schoofs AIDS: The Agony of Africa
- Cathleen Falsani Why Don't More Evangelicals Care About AIDS Crisis?
- Paul O'Neill Speech from the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
- DATA Debt AIDS Trade Africa
- Franklin Graham President, Samaritan's Purse
- John Waliggo African Christology in a Situation of Suffering
- Part III: Engagement
- Prayer
- How to Correspond with a Government Official
- How to Get Involved with Existing Organizations
- How Your Community or Church Can Make a Difference
- How to Sponsor Drug Therapy for HIV+ Mothers and their Newborn Children
- How to Sponsor Leadership Retreats for Christian HIV/AIDS Workers
- How to Foster Community-based Care for AIDS Orphans
- How to Provide Meals for Homeless Children
- About the One Campaign
- Notes
- Donations
- About the Book
