ABC World News Highlights Blood:Water Community Clinic Effort
The Blood:Water Mission supported Lwala clinic which is the subject of the documentary, SONS OF LWALA, will get national attention January 30, 2009 when founders Milton and Fred Ochieng' will be named as the World News Person(s) of the Week on the ABC Nightly News. Tune in between 6:45 pm and 7 p.m, EST to catch the segment.
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SONS OF LWALA tells the story of Vanderbilt University Medical School students Milton and Fred Ochieng', two brothers from Kenya whose village sent them to America to become doctors. After losing both parents to AIDS, they are left with the heartbreaking task of returning home to finish the health clinic their father started before getting sick. Unable to raise enough money on their own, the brothers are joined by students, politicians and rock musicians who put on fundraising drives throughout the United States through Blood:Water Mission's support. SONS OF LWALA follows Milton and Fred on their incredible journey as they find a way, despite all odds, to open their village's first hospital.
The clinic in Lwala is one example of how Blood:Water Mission is partnering with Africans to work together to address AIDS in their own communities. Blood:Water is combatting AIDS not only through clean water and sanitation projects and health clinics like in Lwala, but also by directly funding late-stage AIDS hospices, community health workers, and support groups, which help in the prevention, treatment, care and support of communities affected by AIDS.
- Jena Nardella, Executive Director
Blood:Water Mission
FULL STORY HERE: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/PersonOfWeek/Story?id=6763156&page=1
UPDATE - Here's the video in case you missed it:
For more information on the film, SONS OF LWALA, visit www.sonsoflwala.com
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