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!
are you kidding me says: | Reply
to Xyanda:
Are you serious? At least Kim is bringing awareness to the topic. You say there is no cure for HIV/AIDS... so does that mean everyone should cease producing medication and let the remaning population who are infected suffer and die? What if you said that about cancer? There's no cure for cancer, let's just quit! What a terrible attitude you have.
marylu says: | Reply
please post ur perfumes kim...........
Anonymous says: | Reply
ugh Nigeria?
Xyanda says: | Reply
Kim, do you really care about these people?? are do you just pretent to care so your celebrity friends wont think your a bad person!! My brother and I moved here from Nigeria a little over 10 years ago and we have seen it all!! Aids are a big factor there but so is poverty! You can do more for starving kids than you can do for people living with Aids! Lets face it, theres no cure for Aids. Its great that people like yourself and Russell Simmons shine light on HIV,(telling people to protect themselves) but Russell Simmons has also given thousands of dollars to schools and hospitals!! What have you done?? besides broadcast it on your website!!
Hayley says: | Reply
Wow.
Tyiana says: | Reply
Do you run out of things to blog about? Just asking, that is awesome. Good for her!
Lelia says: | Reply
Now SHE makes me proud to be a woman!
kim k stan says: | Reply
yeah i was 1st!
showing u some more love and appreciation baby doll! x
Kiki says: | Reply
BLAH...GOOD FOR HER
kim k stan says: | Reply
i love u kim
gabby says: | Reply
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.
lydia gomez says: | Reply
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.
Denise says: | Reply
What a great inspirational women!!!!
Latina Princess says: | Reply
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!
sue ellen says: | Reply
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Marisol says: | Reply
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!
Babyshane says: | Reply
Wow kim,i'm so proud of u..thanks for sharing..xoxo..
Anonymous says: | Reply
Go Africa! Kim that is kind of weird the way you wrote that...
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