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Mother Mary View a short film about Mother Mary, who works to help children affected by AIDS in Senegal. Workers in Senegal fight to help children afflicted by AIDS by getting medicines, changing legislation, and creating awareness.
View Film Small (15.9 MB)- 6.29 Minutes Cheikh: My name is Cheikh Darou Seck and I was born in Thiès in 1964. I read English and obtained a BA and an MA with specialization in American literature at the Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar University. Ever since then I have been an English teacher, and I am currently teaching at the Martin Luther King girls secondary school in Dakar. I began filmmaking two years ago with the My Hero project. It was my brother, who was working with the UN in a HIV/AIDS information branch called IRIN (Intergrated Regional Information Network), who first told me about Marie Cisse Thioye and her wonderful work with the orphans and vulnerable children left victims of HIV/AIDS in Senegal. I decided to meet her and take along my students so they could get a better idea of the face of AIDS in our country. In making the film I wanted to show that there are very urgent vital issues that need to be addressed and taken charge [of]. I think these children really need help. Rue 5 DAKAR, Senegal Tél.: 842 72 66
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AIDS HERO:
MOTHER MARY
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Marie Crisse Thioye (Mother Mary), AASED President: AASED provides support and care to vulnerable children particularly those infected and affected by HIV AIDS. Most of the children here are HIV infected. We called it association for support and care to vulnerable Children to avoid discrimination and stigmatization. All kinds of children are in AASED: vulnerable, homeless ones, children of divorced couple, widows, sex workers, All knds. We give medical, psycho-social, affective, legal care and food to these vulnerable children. Question: What made you set up this association?
Mother Mary:Thanks Miss. I’ve been fighting HIV AIDS for twenty years now. I was the first to have told a woman that she was HIV positive in 1986. I’ve been caring for these women for a long time. I saw that many of died leaving children behind. I was a co-founder of SWAA and AWA that care for sex workers. I set up a third association, AASED, to take care of orphans because there will always be orphans and vulnerable children. So I created AASEDjust to assist these children. Now the World Bank, the Global Fund and HACI based in Washington fund us.
 Fatoumata Dia, HACI/Senegal: Stands for Hope for African Children Initiative. It is an initiative to help orphaned and vulnerable children, mother or fatherless kids due to to HIV/AIDS and those in hard social conditions. Mary: We’ve got no pediatric ARVs . The Senegalese authorities said that ARVs are free. But what of opportunistic infections? We have to buy medicines to treat them. That’s not free. Fatoumata: We mostly help children. As we can’t care for them only, we do it through families. So we also take parents in charge.
Mary: Their future is a problem. There are few funders, and means and hosting places are scarce.
 Martin Luther King school students, Dakar/Senegal: (Preparing questions for Marie Cisse Thioye)
Joanna Ndione, student :
Aissetou Seck, student:
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The Clinton Global Initiative is a non-partisan catalyst for action, bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges |
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| Austin Gutwein founded Hoops of Hope. | Clara Hale was foster mother and founder of the Hale House. | Daphna Ziman founded Children Uniting Nations. | David D. Ho has worked to find a cure for AIDS. |
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| Dr. Mark Jacobson works with AIDS patients in Tanzania. | Dr. Zeda Rosenberg is working to protect women from HIV/AIDS. | Elizabeth Glaser created the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. | Fati Kirakoya is a researcher committed to finding solutions to end HIV/AIDS. |
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| Florence Ngobeni urges African leaders to work for AIDS prevention. | Gertrude B. Elion developed the AIDS drug, AZT. | Helene Gayle is one of the leading authorities on AIDS research. | Kofi Annan is an honored freedom and peacemaker hero. |
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| Moses Zulu established Children's Town in Zambia to teach AIDS orphans life skills. | Mother Mary helps Senegalese children and mothers with HIV/AIDS. | Nathaniel Dunigan creates hope for Ugandan orphans with HIV/AIDS. | Nkosi Johnson , an orphan infected by HIV who spoke out on behalf of children with AIDS. |
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| Philly Bongole Lutaaya was the first Ugandan to put a human face on AIDS. | Princess Diana campaigned passionately for various causes. | Ryan Wayne White devoted his life to educating the public about AIDS. | Sinikethemba Choir uses music to break the silence about AIDS. |
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| Stephen Lewis , a former UN Special Envoy in Africa, established his own AIDS foundation. | Thatcher Bailey opened a housing and health facility for AIDS patients. | Thembi Ngubane , through radio chronicles, offered hope to others living with HIV/AIDS. | World Aids Day was created to educate the world about AIDS. |
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