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Tears of Africa

Showing the world that their tears are real

About Me

Tears of Africa Inc.is a nonprofit organization. Our mission is to stop the tears of Africa through the power of awareness, love, activism, faith, and a camera lens. Currently, Africa holds some of the highest rates of AIDS/HIV, poverty, hunger, and genocide. Why doesn't the world know? It does...but it has turned away. It is our job to reveal the sorrows of a continent - not claiming it to be alone in its suffering, but certainly that it is undeniably unchallenged in the magnitude of it's plight.
Right now, Tears of Africa is aiming for 100 percent of our public funding to go directly into the programs we are establishing. We're working overtime with no pay, and little by little we're gaining momentum. Honestly, it's whole lot of fun mixed with Sobe and Starbucks. However, we still need help. In order to take aid to Africa, sometimes you have to buy the plane ticket. Thus, we're looking for all the support we can here at the beginning. So even if you'd like to give 2 pennies to the cause, we'd really appreciate it.

My Interests

ToA's current project is the filming and production of a film capturing the lives of the poor in Kenya, based for two months in an orphanage in the Ngong Hills known as the Huruma Children's Home. The film will illustrate the lives of the AIDS orphans in Huruma, reveal the vast poverty which exists around Nairobi, contain interviews with Nairobi government officials, show the famine in the South as well as visiting Turkana and Kakuma in the North. We'll also be covering American/International efforts (ex. missions groups) which are also present in Kenya.Our goal: to show the world that their tears are real.Subprojects include: Pen-pals to Huruma - video for children

I'd like to meet:

1)His excellency, President Mwai Kibaki. 2)Peter Singer, philosopher. 3)Disney's Robin Hood.

Books:

Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series

Heroes:

Laren, Bobby, and Jason.

My Blog

Wanna do something? How about at school...

Good day, all you cool cats, Tears of Africa is spreading campus by campus.  Through university chapters, we're giving students a tool to organize voices and make a bigger impact on their communi...
Posted by Tears of Africa on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:04:00 PST

Website up Saturday, 8/2/06

Check out the site - starting this saturday, everything (although only mostly functional) will be up. www.tearsofafrica.org Keep in mind, more will be constantly added and changed over the next few mo...
Posted by Tears of Africa on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:27:00 PST

Spread the Word!

For us to have a far-reaching and effective impact on the eyes and ears of the developed world, we need your help.  All of you. Please help us by telling everyone what Tears of Afr...
Posted by Tears of Africa on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:15:00 PST