Keep A Child Alive
By Laurie1986
@Laurie1986 (384)
United States
August 19, 2009 1:17am CST
Not only is she an incredible songwriter, singer and musician, Alicia Keys is a wonderful philanthropist and a heroine of mine. She has an incredible charity called Keep A Child Alive that delivers anti-retroviral drugs to children in Africa and their families, and not only that but she actually makes the trip*herself* on a regular basis and hand-delivers medicine, plays with the children, and learns about the problems on the continent by viewing them firsthand. I absolutely fell in love with her and her cause when she played "Superwoman" at the CNN Heroes event this past November. I encourage you all to check out her charity at keepachildalive.org and to text ALIVE to 90999 to donate $5 (USD).:)
1 response
@ADELIZA07 (47)
• United States
20 Aug 09
I agree with what you wrote she is definetly a very well educated woman who is very successful but yet has not allowed for greed to get in the way of helping those who are in need she is a great role model for any little child growing up she is very talented, well spirited,and an admirable woman. She is one of the people that I have always looked up to for what she has accomplished and what she continues to do positively.
@Laurie1986 (384)
• United States
21 Aug 09
Thank you for your sweet thoughts! I'm glad to see Ms. Keys getting the recognition she deserves. :)
@Laurie1986 (384)
• United States
3 Oct 09
I'm updating this because Keep A Child Alive just launched an incredible PR campaign with a bunch of popular celebrities--it's called "I Am African."
It is absolutely amazing and you will be singing the song all week! Check it out here:
www.keepachildalive.org/i_am_african/i_am_african.html
