The Big Day is Almost Here!!

ARTS EDUCATION FOR MPILONHLE MOBILE HEALTH… BLOG

The Big Day is Almost Here!!

by OCHSA Social Action Squad on May 25, 2011

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MEET THE CP

Santa Ana, CA

About Me: Hi! We are the Social Action Squad (SAS) at the Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA)! We are a group of 10 juniors and seniors in the student government: Julia, Ana, Samantha, Megan, Sigal, Kaitlyn, Sienna, Michael, Savannah, and Lisa. We focus on community outreach and global awareness within our school. Julia and Ana attended a speaker series workshop where Charlize Theron and Dr. Michael Bennish of Mpilonhle presented their program in South Africa and its needs. Upon their return we were excited and eager to support a program that provides the artistic education that we so value in our own lives! Thank you so much for your support of our efforts.

The Social Action Squad (SAS) at Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA) is spreading awareness about the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) and raising funds for Art/Music/Theater Lessons for CTAOP/Mpilonhle’s mobile health units. These opportunities enrich the lives of the students visiting the mobile units, who have a 50% chance of contracting HIV/AIDS in their lifetime. Each Mpilonhle mobile unit provides healthcare, HIV/AIDS testing and treatment, computer training, and other resources to 3,500 students per year, plus 5,000 community members when schools are not in session. Together, the fleet of mobile units reach approximately 10,000 students from 12 high schools and provides services to over 20,000 community members annually. Since 2007, Mpilonhle has provided these services to over 50,000 school-going youth and community members in the Umkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal Provice, South Africa, which has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection in the world.

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