Dear Friends
On October 19, my daughter Elyse and I will run a ½ marathon in Grand Rapids. (What am I thinking? 13.1 miles? I’m 61 years old!). Then on November 15, my daughter Jenny and I will run a ½ marathon in Tampa. (I must be really out of my mind!)
But, we are running to support a project that we have been involved with since 2007 in support of Children in Vietnam with HIV/AIDS.
There are thousands of children in Vietnam who were born with HIV and are left orphaned as their parents die from AIDS. From the beginning of their lives, and through no fault of their own, they are left in a very difficult position. Being an orphan is hard enough by any measure. Being an orphan infected with HIV presents many additional challenges.
My wife, Kay Hubbard, and I started on this journey in 2007 when we worked with 10 children with HIV, in Ho Chi Minh City. Today, we support 75 children in three provinces and work with an amazing team of 25 volunteers.
I made a website where you can learn more about the situation of children with HIV/AIDS and the very cool project we are working on to support these kids. You can also learn more about my January, 2014 visit to Vietnam in support of this project. Please check it out at:
http://danfishervn.wordpress.com/
I am personally inspired by the excitement for life in the eyes of these children given their difficult situation, by the huge responsibilities of raising a child with HIV provided by their caretakers, and the passion and resourcefulness of the volunteers as they work to make the world a better place.
We’d like to invite you to consider sponsoring me in the ½ marathon and being a part this adventure.
Peace to all
Dan Fisher