AIDS Awareness International Night 26th May
The Civic Theatre Wagga Wagga 26th May 2007.
AIDS; Africa's Children Calling.
The Rotary Clubs of Wagga Wagga Kooringal and Coolamon held a joint International Night in Wagga Wagga with three excellent speakers.
The evening began with the New Life Gospel Singers and Drummers from Wagga Wagga via West Africa, inspirational and beautiful music.
Emeritus Professor John Dwyer AO FRACP
Prue Hodgson on the right with one of her fellow climbers Alex Longes.
Prue Hodgson gave a wonderful talk on her three peaks and three weeks climb with her fellow 9 lady climbers. The talk was well illustrated with slides and gave us all food for thought on Kili 28/8.
Three Peaks Three Weeks:
Onyako from Mudgee presented Prue with an African kikapu or bag .
Onyako:
Above PDG Dr. Ray King and Amelia King.
PDG Ray King is a member of the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga Kooringal.
His Excellency Anthony Mongalo the High Commissioner for South Africa and Mrs. Lillian Mongalo.
The High Commissioner gave a very honest talk about his life in South Africa and then as an exile for many years. He concluded his talk with an up beat description of life in South Africa and he also discussed HIV/AIDS, the World Football Cup 2010 and crime. All in all we came away encouraged by the South African Government's approach to their problems and their hopes and aspirations for the future. Indeed South Africa is the Good Hope for Africa.
Darryl Gardiner a local Wiradjuri man and Kili 28/8 climber presented His Excellency with a didgeridoo that Darryl had made himself. His Excellency promised to learn how to play it and said that he would play it at the World Cup in 2010.
Above some of the 120 patrons on the night which included from left to right:
PP John Ireland RC of Wagga Wagga Wollundry, Jill Morrow, Isabel Ireland and Anne Goldsmith.
To find out more on how you can help the 15 million AIDS orphans in Africa visit our Mount Kilimanjaro Web Site below:
Kili 28/8:
{Photographs courtesy of the Wagga Daily Advertiser}
AIDS; Africa's Children Calling.
The Rotary Clubs of Wagga Wagga Kooringal and Coolamon held a joint International Night in Wagga Wagga with three excellent speakers.
The evening began with the New Life Gospel Singers and Drummers from Wagga Wagga via West Africa, inspirational and beautiful music.
Emeritus Professor John Dwyer AO FRACP
Emeritus Professor John Dwyer talked about HIV/AIDS and it was one of the most interesting talks I have heard and presented very well indeed. We learned much about HIV and I think we all came away somewhat shocked. John Dwyer did say that during the time we were in the theatre there would be a further new 3,000 new cases of HIV or around 800 per hour around the world. That is a serious problem; OR 19,000 new cases per day.
John Glassford presented Professor Dwyer with the book "28"
Below Prue Hodgson from Wagga Wagga.
John Glassford presented Professor Dwyer with the book "28"
Below Prue Hodgson from Wagga Wagga.
Prue Hodgson on the right with one of her fellow climbers Alex Longes.
Prue Hodgson gave a wonderful talk on her three peaks and three weeks climb with her fellow 9 lady climbers. The talk was well illustrated with slides and gave us all food for thought on Kili 28/8.
Three Peaks Three Weeks:
Onyako from Mudgee presented Prue with an African kikapu or bag .
Onyako:
Above PDG Dr. Ray King and Amelia King.PDG Ray King is a member of the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga Kooringal.
His Excellency Anthony Mongalo the High Commissioner for South Africa and Mrs. Lillian Mongalo.The High Commissioner gave a very honest talk about his life in South Africa and then as an exile for many years. He concluded his talk with an up beat description of life in South Africa and he also discussed HIV/AIDS, the World Football Cup 2010 and crime. All in all we came away encouraged by the South African Government's approach to their problems and their hopes and aspirations for the future. Indeed South Africa is the Good Hope for Africa.
Darryl Gardiner a local Wiradjuri man and Kili 28/8 climber presented His Excellency with a didgeridoo that Darryl had made himself. His Excellency promised to learn how to play it and said that he would play it at the World Cup in 2010.
Above some of the 120 patrons on the night which included from left to right:PP John Ireland RC of Wagga Wagga Wollundry, Jill Morrow, Isabel Ireland and Anne Goldsmith.
To find out more on how you can help the 15 million AIDS orphans in Africa visit our Mount Kilimanjaro Web Site below:
Kili 28/8:
{Photographs courtesy of the Wagga Daily Advertiser}
