On World AIDS Day, Friday Dec 1, the World AIDS Marathon

Milome                     milome
AYOGO U NO SAOWORE.

Chieng  World AIDS Day, Friday Dec 1, the World AIDS Marathon biro bedogingwech eboma ma Kisumo  , Kenya .

Ma en obed nyasi mar solo omuom m aibiro kony godo jowa man gi tuo mar ayaki matieka ( HIV/AIDS related causes (see details below). Thoth omuom mochok ibiro kony godo joka nyanam  mane a luora mar Nyanza gi  Kisumo.

I am writing to appeal for sponsors and to recruit other runners for the marathon, half marathon, or 5k fun walk which start and end at Jomo Kenyatta
Sports Ground E boma ma kisumo pacho.  I nyalo oro  mich moro amora manyasaye omiyi,  jomanyalo bende   ochopi mondo orie leche gi.

milome ni kiyudo to iland ne joka nyanam duto kamora mora magintie.

Ean Moluri
 Tobias Okech
Ondiek wuod Nyalenda

About the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation

Mission Statement

The mission of the Foundation is to raise money for research for the cure or
vaccine for AIDS, provide homes for orphans, to help those already afflicted
with AIDS, and to help those with brain cancer.

The Foundation's Specific Goals

We have eight specific goals:
1. To fund an AIDS research center at the University of Florida .
2. To fund AIDS research at facilities internationally.
3. To urge the United States Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp
acknowledging that AIDS exists. A portion of the money from each stamp sold
could be donated towards finding the cure.
4. To help build up the AIDS infrastructure in Africa by funding clinics and
orphanages.
5. To provide AIDS medication to African mothers-to-be to reduce the infant
mortality rate.
6. To fund research into finding a cure for brain cancer.
7. To support HIV-positive people and brain cancer survivors who could not
afford to promote and publicize their accomplishments.
8. To raise awareness that HIV and brain cancer can be overcome by living a
healthy, upbeat lifestyle, and to thereby bring hope to those who have it.

Where The Money Will Go

Net proceeds from the Foundation's fundraising efforts will be distributed
as follows:

40% to fund AIDS charities in the city and / or state that hosts the 2006
World AIDS Marathon .
20% to fund AIDS research at the University of Florida at Gainesville
8% to each of the following:
a. Providing homes for orphans
b. AIDS research projects, such as the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
c. Health care and medication to Africans with AIDS
d. Worthy projects by and for HIV-positive people and brain cancer survivors
e. Brain cancer research in the United States

How the Money Will Be Raised

In 2005, the main fundraising vehicle was the 2005
<http://www.richardmbrodsky.org/About2005WAM.htm > World AIDS Marathon / 5K Fun Walk, and Conference/Exhibit in Gainesville , Florida . Funding forthese events was sought from corporations, other Foundations, individuals, race entry fees and fees to attend the conference/exhibit. To the largest extent possible, donations of goods and services were also sought. The truth of the matter was that no money was raised and the event cost the foundation money.
For 2006. a World AIDS Marathon can only occur if a major company or
individual steps up to the plate and agrees to sponsor a World AIDS
Marathon .

How and Why the Foundation Came Into Being

In 1997, Richard Brodsky was diagnosed HIV-positive, and began taking AIDS medication, which he takes to this very day. In 2002, Richard suffered a
seizure whose root cause turned out to be brain cancer (unrelated to his HIV). He then underwent months of treatment for that, recovering in time to run the 2003 New York Marathon. Upon completing the Marathon , it occurredto
him that he owed his life to the excellent medical care we have here in the
United States - and felt there was no good reason why people in poorer
countries shouldn't be afforded the same type of care. Thus, the seeds of
the Foundation were planted. Even though the Foundation had not yet received
its non-profit status, in 2004 Richard organized the World AIDS Marathon in
Mbita , Kenya , whose proceeds helped to partially fund an AIDS orphanage there.

For further details about the 2004 and 2005 Marathons and Richard, please
use the links.

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The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation, Inc. is a registered 501(c) (3) public charity.

(c)2005 Richard M. Brodsky Foundation

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