18-11-2004 00:00
KEYS PROMOTES AIDS ADOPTION
R&B star ALICIA KEYS is urging other celebrities to follow her example and sponsor children suffering from HIV in Africa.
The FALLIN' hitmaker sponsors four-year-old girl HUNSA and 11-year-old boy WESLEY in Kenya with the KEEP A CHILD ALIVE charity, and is proud of how her help has changed their lives.
Keys says, "Wesley is full of love now that his medication has made him healthy enough to play with his friends. I hear he has become a great football player.
"I also sponsor two mothers, ANNE and VERONICA. Before Keep A Child Alive came to the clinic, no one had access to treatment.
"I've seen pictures of the four people I'm sponsoring before and after their treatment - and, at first, they looked emaciated and beaten down. Today they are happy and healthy and living positive, hopeful lives.
"It blows me away, because it was so easy to do something so incredibly important.
"Now I'm trying to involve as many people as possible in combating this pandemic. I've written to celebrities like HALLE BERRY and CHER, who is looking to sponsor five mothers and their child."
Your Comments:
by Simbarashe - 14:17:47 11th Nov 2008
I think that is a wise ideal because Africa they dont have to cope up with AIDS