Bling for a better world.Approximately 11 million children in sub-Saharan sub-Sa·har·an adj. Of, relating to, or situated in the region of Africa south of the Sahara. Adj. 1. sub-Saharan - of or relating to or situated in the region south of the Sahara Desert Africa are orphaned or·phan n. 1. a. A child whose parents are dead. b. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted. 2. A young animal without a mother. 3. because of AIDS; it kills 6,000 Africans each day. More than 23 million people are infected in·fect tr.v. in·fect·ed, in·fect·ing, in·fects 1. To contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent. 2. To communicate a pathogen or disease to. 3. To invade and produce infection in. . Dale Hanson Bourke, founder of the AIDS Orphan orphan: see adoption; foundling hospital; guardian and ward. See widow & orphan. Orphan See also Abandonment. Adverse, Anthony finally, at middle age, discovers origins. [Am. Lit. Bracelet Project, decided to do what she could to help. "Each bracelet is a tangible link to an orphan or a woman supporting an AIDS orphan," Bourke told Sojourners. "If each of us contributes a donation and then wears the bracelet and tells one other person, we can, together, have a huge impact on the problem." The AIDS Orphan Bracelet Project is a Christian grassroots effort to increase financial support and awareness about AIDS orphans. Churches, schools, and other groups offer these African bracelets bracelets the rings of hair on the hind legs of Poodles. for a $20 donation. They are made by women in Uganda, Kenya, and Mozambique in micro-enterprise groups who are supporting AIDS orphans. The funds support four faith-based organizations--Compassion International, International Justice Mission, Opportunity International, and World Vision--working directly on the issue. |
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