The World Vision AIDS Experience
An interactive exhibit allowing visitors to
step into the shoes of children affected by AIDS In Africa
Media preview on November 29 and 30
prior to opening to the general public
for three days beginning on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2005
* Coming to Seattle for the first time: World Vision's AIDS Experience: A
free interactive exhibition showing the effects of the international
AIDS pandemic on children in developing countries.
* Enter into the lives of four real children affected by AIDS in Africa
* Learn how we are all affected and what you can do to help
We live in a culture that needs to experience to understand. A world so big and yet so small we see all the problems, but don't know where to start the healing. This World AIDS Day (December 1), experience what your life would be like as a child in one of the AIDS-ravaged countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
Who are the hardest hit by AIDS? Children. More than 6,000 children are orphaned every day by AIDS. World Vision is raising awareness about the AIDS pandemic through the World Vision "AIDS Experience," an interactive exhibit.
"We are extremely pleased to help bring such a unique and enlightening exhibit to Seattle," said John Oppenheimer, president and CEO of Columbia Hospitality, Inc., which manages Bell Harbor International Conference Center. "We are thrilled with this opportunity to support World Vision's global response to reduce the worldwide impact of HIV/AIDS with our time, team members and resources."
"Many people believe the AIDS pandemic is primarily confined to sub- Saharan Africa. They're wrong," says World Vision President Richard E. Stearns, who has seen the effects of AIDS in several nations. This World AIDS Day be affected, join with World Vision to experience the lives of four real children and find out what you can do to help.
What: The World Vision AIDS Experience: A free interactive exhibition
showing the effects of the international AIDS pandemic on
children.
When: Special Media Preview
Tuesday, November 29 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.;
Wednesday, November 30, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Where: Bell Harbor International Conference Center
Pier 66, 2211 Alaskan Way, Seattle
Contact: Dean Owen,
World Vision, 253-815-2103 (office)
888-734-8938 (pager),
dowen@worldvision.org
Michael Graubard, Nyhus Communications
(Counsel to Bell Harbor Conference Center)
203-323-3733 (office); 206-898-0706 (cell)
Michael@nyhus.com
World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by
tackling the causes of poverty. World vision serves the world's poor --
regardless of a person's religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. For more
information, visit www.worldvision.org/press SOURCE World Vision
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/PRNewswire -- Nov. 21/
/Web site: http://www.worldvision.org /
