The woman who runs with purpose

December 15, 2008 / 28 Comments

I recently met this amazing woman named Suzanne “Africa” Engo at a dinner for the Diamond Empowerment Fund with Russell Simmons.

She is truly inspiring because of her influential work in AIDS activism. “Africa” founded the New York AIDS Film Festival, the first film festival on HIV/AIDS in the world, says the United Nations. She is also involved with countless other AIDS-related causes, including the D.E.F.

What amazes me the most is that “Africa” recently finished a very long run from New York to Chicago—all in honor of raising awareness for HIV/AIDS. What an accomplishment! She ran 858 miles!

I am mainly writing this to you to show you how just one person can make such a huge difference! I hope you find her story as inspiring as I have!

Go Africa!

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Comments 28

1. Anonymous  |   Posted on Dec 15th, 2008 Go Africa! Kim that is kind of weird the way you wrote that… Reply

2. Babyshane  |   Posted on Dec 15th, 2008 Wow kim,i’m so proud of u..thanks for sharing..xoxo.. Reply

3. Marisol  |   Posted on Dec 15th, 2008 Wow, it’s so great that youre shining some light on this. I admire people like Africa. And yes you can’t cure AIDS, yet. Should we quit now and never find a cure? No! Go Africa! Reply

4. sue ellen  |   Posted on Dec 15th, 2008 kkgygli Reply

5. Latina Princess  |   Posted on Dec 16th, 2008 WOW THIS WAS SO INSPIRING! THAT TRULY IS AMAZING ON EVERYTHING SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED BY SERVING THIS GREAT CAUSE! I LOVE HEARING THINGS LIKE THIS! LATELY I HAVE BEEN FEELING LED IN MY HEART TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY MORE AND JUST GET INVOLVED…THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS KIM! Reply

6. Denise  |   Posted on Dec 16th, 2008 What a great inspirational women!!!! Reply

7. lydia gomez  |   Posted on Dec 16th, 2008 this subject is close to my heart, and I think that Kim has gained awareness of this matter and she just wants to adress it to all of us, maybe this was an eye opening experience, and she just wants to recall it to all of us, her fans. In her case, she doesn’t have to give thousands of dollars to an event, just so that it means that she cares. Why doesn;t anyone then, I do many run/walk events and I feel as i’m contributing as well. It’s how proactive you are about it and she has gotten us to talk about the subject and actually voice our opinion. Reply

8. gabby  |   Posted on Dec 16th, 2008 Wow! 858 miles is a story to tell! That’s definitely inspirational. And what a great charity..its nice to see other branches of charity work raising awareness for AIDS/HIV other than big organizations like UNICEF. This woman made a change for sure. Reply