Comments on: The Weight of Their Stitches http://www.bonniesamueldesigns.com/blog/?p=675 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-beta1 By: Rachel Biel http://www.bonniesamueldesigns.com/blog/?p=675#comment-59 Rachel Biel Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:28:40 +0000 http://bonniesamueldesigns.com/blog/?p=675#comment-59 Such a powerful story! I am reading "When the Crocodile Eats the Sun" (Peter Godwin) and he tells how in Zimbabwe men who found out they had aids would infect as many women as they could as retribution, even though they had picked it up through prostitutes when they were in combat areas. He also describes how some local medicine men prescribed virgins as a cure.... it is just so disheartening! Friends of mine lived in Kenya for a couple of years and started a small project to help support the orphans from the community they lived in. Project Aids Orphan (http://www.projectaidsorphan.org/) They are not good at updating their blog, but they are really good people! It's amazing how so little in assistance can help in such fundamental ways. And, Valerie, your women do a great job with the quality of their work. I have seen many embroidery projects and these women do excellent work! Such a powerful story! I am reading “When the Crocodile Eats the Sun” (Peter Godwin) and he tells how in Zimbabwe men who found out they had aids would infect as many women as they could as retribution, even though they had picked it up through prostitutes when they were in combat areas. He also describes how some local medicine men prescribed virgins as a cure…. it is just so disheartening!

Friends of mine lived in Kenya for a couple of years and started a small project to help support the orphans from the community they lived in. Project Aids Orphan (http://www.projectaidsorphan.org/) They are not good at updating their blog, but they are really good people! It’s amazing how so little in assistance can help in such fundamental ways.

And, Valerie, your women do a great job with the quality of their work. I have seen many embroidery projects and these women do excellent work!

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