Advocates for Teen Mothers provides support, compassion, and hope to vulnerable families hit hard by HIV/AIDS in rural Kenya.

Frail, emaciated, and without a proper meal in two days, Reuben Mulongo walks the 8 kilometers to Moi's Bridge. Today is Wednesday, the day Reuben, along with hundreds of others living with HIV/AIDS, will receive medicine and nutritious foods, undergo a check-up, and participate in social activities.

Reuben is one of many who benefit from "Supporting Poor Families Affected by HIV/AIDS," a project led by Advocates for Teen Mothers (ATM) in the Rift Valley Province, one of the poorest regions of Kenya. The program provides families with small-business training, anti-retroviral drugs, and medical support, enabling the entire community to help fight the impact of HIV/AIDS, which kills an estimated 620 people each day in Kenya alone. ATM is under growing pressure to meet the needs of families facing death, and provide support to the ever-increasing number of widows, ensuring they are included in communal activities and are not targets of social stigma.

"I consider this program a "resurrection"...a second chance to live," says Reuben. "Though I'm HIV+, the program has given me another opportunity to serve my community, to prove that there is life after infection." With support from well wishers, friends, and the GlobalGiving community, ATM has been able to provide anti-retroviral drugs to more than 13 people for one full year. With this increased impact ATM has been able to reach the most vulnerable in remote areas, but its future is dependent on the continued generosity of donors. Learn more and give today.

"What can we do, so far away, so removed from all these tragedies?" That's what Yasmina Zaidman, her husband Marlowe Greenberg, and many of their friends asked after hearing of crises around the world over which they felt little control. Inspired by a Holocaust survivor who received $3000 in reparations from a Swiss bank and donated it to an aid organization for Sudanese refugees, they formed "100 Friends," a giving circle comprised of friends and family members around the country. Twice a year, community members pool their resources to donate to a project that is doing sustainable work and addressing an urgent cause. This year, the group has contributed more than $3000 to "Shelter for Victims of South Asian Earthquake," a project on GlobalGiving.

Friends Vanina Guidicelli and Ivan Zaidman put it best when they said: "The evening news chips away at the humanitarian in all of us until our hearts are closed to the suffering of the world. Terrorism, the oil crisis, and reality TV bring out the isolationist in all of us when we should be reaching out as individuals to try and do something for the common good. This is a great way for us to get involved, and learn more about how to stay involved."

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