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 and things, has two pics on it, one to a map, the other to a picture from 
 the AED website.\n\nHIV/AIDS:  Cultivating Openness\n\nSunday, December 18, 
 2005, 4-7pm+\n\nCafé Axé Cultural Center, 1525 Webster St., 
 Oakland\n\n\n\n*  Film Screening and Presentation on HIV/AIDS care in Togo, 
 West Africa by Kevin Fiori\n\n*  Original Art by Mahader Tesfai\n\n*  Music 
 from Burkina Faso, West Africa by Kevin Charlton-Davis\n\n*  Organic Vegan 
 Togolese Food\n\n& More... (it's a surprise!)\n\n\n\nThe Film:  “Hope, 
 Espoir, Lidaw”  \n\nThis 19 minute documentary outlines the experience of 
 a community living with HIV/AIDS in Kara, Togo, and the forthcoming 
 response of this community to the epidemic.  Togolese people living with 
 AIDS and technical staff speak of their experience developing a community 
 based model to deliver HIV/AIDS treatment in a resource poor setting.  
 Produced by the Hope Through Health/Association pour Demain-Lidaw 
 Collaboration Initiative. The film will be presented by Kevin Fiori, 
 co-producer, Peace Corps volunteer and co-founder of Hope Through 
 Health.\n\n\n\nThe Organization:  “Hope Through Health/Association pour 
 Demain Lidaw Collaboration Initiative”\n\nHope Through Health (HTH) is a 
 U.S. based, all volunteer operated, non-profit organization that provides 
 financial and technical support to community health initiatives in resource 
 poor settings. Hope Though Health was founded in the spirit of social 
 justice and with a mission to ensure health as a human right. It seeks to 
 ensure this right by supporting community directed initiatives that can be 
 coordinated on a global scale.\n\n\n\nIn February of 2005, HTH began a 
 partnership with Association Espoir pour Demain (AED) in Togo, West Africa. 
  The goal of this collaboration is to develop a community based model that 
 delivers comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and treatment in the Kara region of 
 Togo.  Please join us to learn about these organizations and their 
 involvement with the community affected by the HIV epidemic in 
 Togo.\n\n\n\nThe Presenter:  Kevin Fiori\n\nMr. Fiori received a Master of 
 Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a Certificate in 
 International Health from Boston University School of Public Health in 2003 
 after earning undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry/Chemistry and Human 
 Development from the University of California at San Diego. In September 
 2003 he started a community health volunteer assignment with Peace Corps in 
 Togo. In November, Mr. Fiori held meetings with over 13 HIV/AIDS 
 non-governmental organizations based in the Kara region and decided to 
 start working with Association Espoir pour Demain (AED). Discussions were 
 initiated regarding the organization’s future plans and the possibilities 
 for Peace Corps collaboration. Currently, Mr. Fiori serves as the 
 collaboration director and technical assistant to the following programs: 
 Home Visits (VAD), Treatment, Nutrition, Education, Orphan Surveillance, 
 and Social Mobilization.\n\n\n\nThe Artist:  Mahader Tesfai\n\nMahader 
 Tesfai is an Eritrean-born artist residing in Berkeley California. He 
 recieved his undergraduate degree in African Studies from UC Santa Barbara 
 and is currently pursuing a career in elementary education.  His paintings 
 are have been exhibited throughout California in numerous solo and group 
 exhibits. Dealing with issues of identity and spirituality his oil, 
 acrylic, and mixed media paintings on found objects are explosive in color 
 and content.\n\n\n\nThe Musician:  Kevin Charlton-Davis\n\nKevin 
 Charlton-Davis- African "Kuor" Player, a two-stringed African Gourd guitar 
 used in ceremonies, rituals, and for sharing news in 
 marketplaces.\n\n\n\nKevin has lived in Burkina Faso, West Africa, where he 
 studied shamanism and healing rituals. He studied under the local village 
 group Soun Na Bo Re, a group who showcases the mystical powers or the 
 supernatural in their lives and in their community. The villagers used this 
 instrument as a key motivator for doing chores i.e. farming, for funerals 
 and weddings.\n\n\n\nThe Moderator: Mariam Tendou Kamara\n\nThe event will 
 be moderated by Mariam Tendou Kamara from WAFRICA, who recently made in 
 November a presentation at Amnesty International entitled “HIV/AIDS in 
 Africa: Poverty, Gender and Development”.\n\n\n\nSupporting 
 Organizations\n\nCafé Axé-\n\nMission is to provide the Oakland/East Bay 
 community with services and a venue for art full expressions; a gathering 
 of like minds who seek community global wellness by a holistic approach 
 through the arts: martial arts, performing, and visual arts, the healing 
 arts and food arts (vegan, organic, herbal).\n\n\n\nWAFRICA- Women of 
 Africa\n\nA Bay area grassroots organization focused on increasing the 
 welfare of African immigrant women in San Francisco region and of women and 
 girls in Africa.\n\nwww.wafrica.org\n\n\n\nPlease visit AED-Togo/HTH 
 website:\n\nwww.hthglobal.org\n\n\n\n Or contribute directly to AED-Togo 
 through US partner:\n\nHope Through Health\n\nPO Box 605\n\nMedway, MA 
 02053-0605\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:HIV/AIDS: Cultivating Openness
LOCATION:Cafe' Axe' Cultural Center, 1525 Webster Street, near 12th Street Bart
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