[MIT CSSA Outreach] Fwd: Fundraiser for AIDS orphans in central China

[Lu Gao]

FYI

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Dear friends

Thank you so much for your outpouring of support for the Fuyang AIDS Orphan
Salvation Association.  You have pledged over $800 so far!  These funds will
go directly to support children affected by the disease in rural Anhui and
Henan provinces.

Because of your incredible generosity, I have already exceeded my goal of
$500 for this fundraiser.  However, according to the People's Daily
newspaper ( http://english.people.com.cn/200702/27/eng20070227_352611.html),
there are currently over 76,000 AIDS orphans in China.  There are still
many, many more children in Anhui and Henan who need help than AOS is
currently able to provide, so any more funds you give mean that more
children will received care.  In addition, it is likely that every dollar
you give will be matched by an institutional donor working with AOS.  For
more details, please see the message below from Ms. Eliza Petrow who is
organizing the larger fundraising drive here in Cambridge.  To learn more
about HIV in China and the AOS program, please see Eliza's excellent
presentation at (http://web.mit.edu/jialanw/www/ruralchina.htm).

Help me achieve my new goal of raising $1200 by April 15th for this worthy
cause.  You may give me cash directly (if local), or you may send your check
directly to me for *Alliance** for Children Foundation**,*with reference to*
**AIDS Orphan Salvation Fund.  *

For local Cambridge residents, please consider attending the fundraiser this
Thursday which includes a viewing of the Oscar-winning documentary "The
Blood of Yingzhou District"
(http://www.allforchildren.org/events.html).  Please
forward this email to anyone you think would be interested in learning more
about HIV in China.****

Please provide your address so that a proof of donation may be sent to you
for tax purposes.

My address is

Jialan Wang
60 Wadsworth St Apt 8H
Cambridge, MA 02142

You may also donate directly to AOS online at
http://www.afcfoundation.org/projects.php?donate=1.

Again, thank you!

Jialan

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From: S. Eliza Petrow <elizapetrow at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: Thank you!
To: Jialan Wang <jialanw at gmail.com>

There is no exact goal since the needs of the organization are enormous- if
we raise more money we can help more kids- if we less money we will help
fewer kids and will target the most critical. I think that I would like to
raise between $20,000 and $40,000 so that we can continue the current
program and expand it to the next county where there are so many kids
waiting to be helped and many HIV+ kids as well. There are also some more
kids waiting to be helped over the border in Henan province (we are
currently helping some there already). I think I found a company that will
match dollar for dollar what we raise so in that sense I think it is
possible to raise that much. But whatever we do will be great because we can
have a huge impact!

See you the 8th!

Eliza

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你们好！



首先要谢谢你们在去年对我为中国滋根基金和中国艾滋援助基金募捐所给予的支持。是你们的慷慨相助感动了无数在贫困线和绝望中挣扎的中国穷人。



你们也许都听说过"颍州的孩子"这部获得2006
年奥斯卡最佳纪录短片的电影。我最近碰到一个曾经在该片中担任自愿者工作的朋友，他口中的颍州孩子的故事让我的内心久久不能平静。这些无辜的孩子们尚未来得及体验无忧无虑的童年，就被艾滋夺去了双亲，继之而来的更是乡亲们对他们的避之唯恐不及和亲人们的遗弃。。。。。。



中国政府在艾滋病的预防和治疗方面作了好多工作并取得了很大进步，但是这是一个全社会全世界都应该关注的问题，光靠政府的努力是不够的。2003
年，当地的张颖女士创办了阜阳市艾滋病贫困儿童救助协会，为这些受艾滋病影响的孩子们提供基本生活帮助，为艾滋病毒感染儿童提供医疗服务，并帮助孩子们顺利完成学业树立自信心。如果说北京奥林匹克运动会是全体中国人的骄傲，那么这些艾滋孤儿们即是我们所有人的责任。张女士和该协会的所有工作人员正把他们全部的心血的精力献给这些孩子们，千里之外的我们又能做些什么呢？我想我们可以尽我们的微薄之力帮助张女士的救助协会成长，壮大，乃至自给自足。



我知道你们已经为这一事业提供了很大帮助，再一次向你们寻求帮助让我十分犹豫。但是那些孩子们的故事在我心中挥之不去。确切的说，那不是故事，而是现实中的命运。我们给予他们的也将不仅仅是金钱上的资助，而是在绝望中寻找希望的勇气。所以，如果您再次伸出援助之手，我将不胜感激！



我希望能在5月15日之前为阜阳市艾滋病贫困儿童救助协会募捐到500美金。该协会目前正资助500多个受艾滋病影响的孤儿，平均每个孤儿每月的费用大约为400
人民币。您的捐款（最好是20美金以上）将全部用于资助这些艾滋孤儿。您的捐款是免税的，而您的爱心行动将帮助他们完成学业，走出疾病阴影，健康成长，回报社会。



阜阳市艾滋病贫困儿童救助协会是一个非常高效和值得信任的组织，我的一些曾经在那里做志愿者工作的朋友也向我证实了这一点。您也可以登陆以下网址以更多的了解阜阳市艾滋病贫困儿童救助协会：
http://www.faaids.com/
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/27/eng20070227_352611.html
http://www.afcfoundation.org/projects.php?id=79


捐款方式：1）您可以直接寄支票到以下地址，支票抬头请写the
*Alliance** for Children Foundation**，** **
并注明资助对象为**AIDS Orphan Salvation Fund**。***

Jialan Wang
60 Wadsworth St Apt 8H
Cambridge, MA 02142

2）您也可以直接在网上捐款，请登陆以下网址：
http://www.afcfoundation.org/projects.php?donate=1.



最后，请把这封信转发给任何您觉得可能感兴趣的朋友。谢谢您的帮助！

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*Hello all,

I attended a workshop on AIDS in China last weekend, and the story of the
AIDS Orphan Salvation Association was incredibly moving and inspiring.
Featured in last year's Oscar-winning short documentary "The Blood of
Yingzhou District", the organization was started by a local woman to help
one girl with AIDS who had lost her parents to the disease and had literally
no one to turn to.  Now the organization helps over 500 orphaned children
get health care, go to school, find adoptive families, and overcome the
incredible social stigma of HIV/AIDS.  I was really impressed by the
organization's efficiency and focus on effective intervention and
broad-based support, not just giving food and monetary aid.  AOS is working
with the local government and is nearly self-sufficient, but it still needs
additional donations to build the organizational capacity to expand and help
the estimated 1000 AIDS orphans in the local Anhui and Henan provinces.  In
particular, much of these donations would go toward paying health care
workers to make sure the children with the disease get proper treatment.
The program has improved care dramatically, achieving over 95% treatment
compliance for often-complicated treatment plans in rural communities far
away from hospitals.

*
-- 
Jialan Wang
PhD Candidate in Financial Economics
Sloan School of Management
http://web.mit.edu/jialanw/www


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