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Contact: JW Arnold or Dr. Ariel King PRDC & Ariel Foundation International Press information Email: arking@arielconsult.com

International Square Center 1875 Eye St., NW Suit 500 Washington, DC 20006 RSVP: Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho, 202-797-5533

The Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Ambassador Molelekeng Rapolaki and the Ariel Foundation International, Dr. Ariel R. King will be hosting a hand-made quilt auction made by USA grandparent caregivers to help with micro-loans to the Lesotho grandparent caregivers on World AIDS Day. The event will be held on Saturday, 1 December at Africare’s Africa House (440 R Street, NW Washington, DC) from 5:30 to 8:30pm. The event will include presentations by H.E. Ambassador Rapolaki, of the Lesotho Embassy, President of Africare, Dr. Julius Coles, Chair of the Ariel Foundation International, Ambassador Joseph Huggins, and the founder of the National Grandparents Association, Ms. Shirley Smith. The evening will include presentation on the Kingdom of Lesotho, Music from Lesotho, an Auction of the hand-made quilts and a reception honoring the Grandparents and caregivers.

Through the Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho, The Ariel Foundation International and The National Association of Grandparents and other Caregivers, the North Carolina women are building an international bridge of support to other grandparents and caregivers through the auction of their handmade quilts, for the benefit of grandparents and caregivers in the Kingdom of Lesotho, in Southern Africa.

The number of children being raised by relatives has grown exponentially. This increasing trend has been termed “kinship care”. Kinship care has been defined as “any living arrangement in which a relative or someone else emotionally close to a child (such as friends, neighbors, and godparents) takes primary responsibility for rearing that child. The largest groups of children in kinship or family care are those being raised by grandparents. Currently, in the United States there are more than 5 million children living in households headed by grandparents. Grandparents are responsible for most of the basic needs of their grandchildren, in more than 2.4 million homes. The number of grandparents raising grandchildren in Africa is even larger than the number in the United States. Dr. Campbell, of WSSU said, “What an incredible service these grandparents are providing …by taking care of children with their own resources. We owe them a huge debt. They not only care about their own plight but about others around the world.”

The Kingdom of Lesotho has one of the third highest HIV/AIDS infections in the world and the largest number of orphans in the world. Thus grandparents are raising their children. The partnerships forged between these grandparents from two different countries with some of the same challenges are the best way to address these stark HIV/AIDS statistics. (More Information...)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Teaches At Sea

DarynKagan.com interviews Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he sails the high seas.  The Nobel Peace Prize winner spent 100 days with the students of Semester at Sea.

Zambian YouthIT Citizen Exchange
Washington, DC, 1-7 July 2007

Ten Zambian young adults were in D.C. from July 1st through 6th of 2007 through their participation in the Youth Information Technology Micro-enterprise Project-Zambia (YouthIT-Zambia), a project designed to support job skills training, employment and entrepreneurship development for Zambian youth. They are the winners of a competitive business plan competition.   The overall project was sponsored by the Rotary Club International.
 
Through a business plan competition representatives of nine “plans” have been selected for travel to the U.S. from June 30th to July 14th. The first week was in Washington, DC from (1st-6th,   July) and the second week will be in Los Angeles, California (7-13 July).  The Ariel Foundation International and Ariel Consulting International helped organize the project, and co-hosted the reception for the Zambian winners on July 6, 2007.

Ariel Consulting International Helps Winston-Salem University Students Attack Aids in Africa, December 2006

Students and faculty at Winston-Salem State University set out for Africa  to help serve a country where an estimated 28.9 percent of the population has HIV/AIDS.  The Lesotho Experience Through Service program, sponsored by the Ariel Foundation International, organized the trip as part of the foundation's work in international health and public policy.

"There are about 35 people going - 10 of which are students, and the largest group is from WSSU," said Ariel King, president of the Ariel Consulting International Inc., and director of the LETS program.

"The Ariel Foundation specifically looks at developing countries, as well as children and youth - but mostly our focus is children and youth."

Understanding, Accessing, and Partnering with the United Nations

Date: Thursday, February 26, 2004
Time: 10:00 to 1:00
Location: South Washington, DC

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Understanding and Success in the Global Fund
(to fight AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis)

• Washington, DC
  Date: Friday March 26, 2004
  Time: 10:00-1:00
  Location: Washington, DC
• New York City
  Date: Monday, March 29, 2004
  Time: 10:00 to 1:00
  Location: New York, NY

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