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Final Release - EMBRACE 2007: For the Children |
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| Published on 12/31/2007 |
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| By Stephen M. Apatow |
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Grassroots operations associated with the EMBRACE 2007 Campaign have begun. The final EMBRACE 2007 release is dedicated "To The Children."
There are 1.3 million runaway and homeless youth in the United States. 5,000 runaway and homeless youth die each year of assault, disease, and suicide. -- 2005 NCVRW Resource Guide, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice.
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The size and scope of the crisis affecting children is associated with HIV/AIDS (See: Africa: International Public Health Emergency, Pathobiologics International):
Eight out of every 10 children who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa. Between 1990 and 2001, the proportion of orphans whose parents died from HIV/AIDS rose from 3.5 per cent to 32 per cent. There are more than 34 million orphans in the region today, 11 million of them orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
Total number of orphans due to AIDS, 2003:
Nigeria: 1,800,000
South Africa: 1,100,000
Tanzania: 980,000
Zimbabwe: 980,000
Uganda: 940,000
DR Congo: 770,000
Ethiopia: 720,000
Zambia: 630,000
In regards to homeless youth in the United States and abroad, we are appealing to all members of the interfaith community to open their doors, to provide shelter for the suffering and afflicted:
"Whatsoever you have done unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it to me." -- The Ultimate Objective, Humanitarian Resource Institute.
The size and scope of the needs impacting orphans, street children and homeless youth across the globe, is a prioritized focus of EMBRACE 2007: Grassroots Strategic Planning and Development (Country Profiles, Maps, and Analysis). Efforts to put a face on the size and scope of the needs that exist is the global communications strategic objective to optimize grassroots real time communication capability. "The world cannot respond, if the world does not know." Citizen Journalism and reporting is the first step to global awareness and response, resources to spread the message include:
* Yahoo: You Witness News
* YouTube Nonprofit Program
* MySpace TV
* MAP: Global Media Contact Information and Email Directory
Once educational materials and reports are compiled, Humanitarian Resource Institute and partnership organizations can engage the decision making level, humanitarian advocates and newspaper, radio and television networks across the globe. This historical moment represents our first step toward being a connected global community, that includes the needs of the most vulnerable populations.
We would like to thank all members of the Arts & Entertainment Industry under the umbrella of the IllumAlliance International Humanitarian Group (Myspace) who have embraced efforts "For The Children" and will serve as the EMBRACE Campaign Ambassadors.
Warmest Wishes & Happy New Year.
Stephen Michael Apatow
Founder, Humanitarian Resource Institute
MySpace Music: Stephen Michael Apatow
"Arts Integration into Education" promoting the arts as a vehicle for solution oriented strategic planning and development across the globe. |
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Humanitarian Resource Institute
www.humanitarian.net
Arts Integration in Education: Bridging the Gap
www.humanitarian.net/university/arts
MySpace Music: Humanitarian
www.myspace.com/apatow |
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