Sister To Speak Out on How You Can Help AIDS Orphans Right Now



ster Mary Elizabeth Lloyd will be hosting a free event to the public to talk about successful strategies that have been used to empower children who have lost both parents to the AIDS epidemic. She is the author of the new book "AIDS Orphans Rising".

Morristown, NJ April 30, 2008 -- In commemoration of the 7th annual World AIDS Orphan Day, Sister Mary Elizabeth Lloyd returns from her mission abroad in Africa and India to speak at Villa Walsh in Morristown, New Jersey on May 7th, 2008 at 7PM. Events will include a talk and book signing by Sr. Lloyd, video reports from abroad, and a press conference with the media. The public are invited to attend this event.

According to WorldVision, every day 6,000 children lose a parent to AIDS. Put another way, every 14 seconds another Child-Headed Household is formed when these groups of often five or more children are left behind. The United Nations forecasts that AIDS will orphan 25 million children by the year 2010. Sister Mary Elizabeth Lloyd acquaints readers with AIDS orphans' struggle for survival and presents effective ways to reach out to these children in her new book AIDS Orphans Rising: What You Should Know and What You Can Do to Help Them Succeed (http://aidsorphansrising.com) (ISBN 9781932690477, Loving Healing Press, 2008).

Lloyd's charity work with the Religious Teachers Filippini has taken her across the globe, from Brazil, to Ethiopia, to India, where she has worked to help AIDS orphans, and specifically, child headed households--defined as a group of brothers and sisters under the age of 18 trying to stay together and survive without parents. Every 14 seconds, a child headed household is formed, so this topic definitely merits public concern.

AIDS Orphans Rising not only demonstrates the plight of AIDS orphans through compelling statistics and touching stories, but also gives resources and advice for how readers can help. Based on her own years of experience and research, Lloyd lets readers know how best to donate their talents, time and money and which organizations will use their donations most effectively.

"We are all in this world together," Lloyd says. "When anyone suffers we should be concerned. We are all affected and we all have a responsibility to help each other. Let's pull together to help the children."

About the Author:

Sister Mary Elizabeth Lloyd resides in Morristown, NJ but is frequently abroad in Africa and India developing the missions. She holds a doctorate degree in nutrition and public health from Columbia University. She has been helping orphans and child headed households with the Religious Teachers Filippini for the past 12 years.

AIDS Orphans Rising: What You Should Know and What You Can Do to Help Them Succeed (ISBN 9781932690477, Loving Healing Press (http://lovinghealing.com), 2008) can be purchased at local and online bookstores everywhere.





Sister To Speak Out on How You Can Help AIDS Orphans Right Now