Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Volunteer to help our fund-raising


Volunteers are needed for marketing angels. Please help with a few hours at a table in Victoria this summer. The next markets are:

Saturday July 16, James Bay Market, open from 9 am to 3 pm.

Saturday & Sunday, August 6 & 7, Arts & Music at Glendale Gardens (Horticulture Centre of the Pacific). Open 11 to 5 each day.
505 Quayle Rd, accessible via Interurban or West Saanich Road. Artists will be working throughout the 9 acres of spectacular gardens. Location map.

If you can spare a few hours to help, please send an email to africanaidsangels@gmail.com. Thanks!

AIDS Background

Some easy to read library books about people affected by AIDS in Africa:
  • Sizwe's test: a young man's journey through Africa's AIDS epidemic by Jonny Steinberg. One man's decision on whether to be tested for HIV guides a South African journalist as he learns about the ups and downs of AIDS treatment in a rural area.
  • Taking away the distance: a young orphan's journey and the AIDS epidemic in Africa by Miles Roston. An American documentary filmmaker meets an AIDS orphan in Kenya and over a few years the two explore what local leaders and the global community are doing about the epidemic.
  • 28: stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolen. A Canadian journalist meets 28 people affected by AIDS in different parts of Africa, and tells their highly individual stories.
Or pick a country that interests you and read about the state of HIV/AIDS there on the website Avert.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

James Bay Market

Volunteers are still needed in Victoria for table at James Bay Market, Saturday June 18 at 9 am or 1 pm.

If you like to plan ahead, volunteers also needed for same market on Saturday July 16.

Send an email to africanaidsangels@gmail.com. Thanks!