Time Sensitive Appeal - Help build a house for this family. $ for $ fundraising match till June 1!

Meet Mariam (HIV+) and her siblings, orphaned due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, living in Uganda with their grandmother . The family's house, made of mud and straw, is collapsing due to the heavy rainy season.(Social Media release: http://pitch.pe/65757)

The Orphan Bracelet Campaign has been given a $1000 gift contingent on the nonprofit raising another $1000 before June 1, 2010, specifically for its current fundraising campaign for 'Mariam's house.'

The Orphan Bracelet Campaign is asking for contributions to help make this house a reality for this family. and also launched an accompanying special: Buy 5 Orphan Bracelets for $50 (save $25). (valid though July).

Louise Hogarth, founder of Orphan Bracelet Campaign and owner of Dream Out Loud Productions talks about the project:

"Over the last 20 years of traveling to Africa I have experienced first hand poverty and great hardship. But this family has endured more than most. Jjaja has lost 10 out of her 11 children and is now struggling to raise her grandchildren."

"Her granddaughter Mariam, is a HIV positive orphan, currently a client of AHF at their clinic in Masaka. I filmed inside the house using a Kino light, as the interior was pitch black with absolutely no ventilation. After five minutes I was struggling to breathe. Recently I was made aware that the house is collapsing due to a heavy rainy season."

"The staff and volunteers at the Orphan Bracelet Campaign as well as Terri Ford, Senior Director of Global Policy/Advocacy, Aids Healthcare Foundation are determined to build this family a new home, but we must raise the money by June 15. Terry Ford travels to Uganda in June and she has volunteered to oversee the building of a new home for the family if we can raise the $4,000 in time."

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