Atlanta Charity Concert to Benefit African HIV/Aids Orphans

Written by Eric Olsen
Published September 01, 2002

Good show for a good cause:

    Africamix festival coordinator Augustine Kamalan, announced today the musical line up for the Africamix Festival Atlanta that will be held on October 12 - 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Grant Park. "The net proceeds from this two day alcohol free family oriented event will benefit HIV/Aids orphans children in Africa" said Mr. Kamalan.

    Performing artists include: Red Rat (dancehall reggae), Oliver Ngoma (West Africa Pop/Afro Zouk/Afro-Pop), Suave Band (Haitian music), Done Yute (Reggae Sunsplash, Sting), Yondo Sister (Soukous from the Democratic Republic of Congo), Jj (r&b), Ras Rebel (reggae), Byron J (r&b), (reggae), Gloria (gospel music), Urukumbuzi (Rwandese Traditional Dancers), Dancers Seed & Soi (Dancehall Reggae), E.B. Boys (Congolese Music), South Sudan Band (African Music), Vacenao (Salsa Afro-Cuban Music), Mwamikazi African Dancers (African modern dance), Temple Yard (reggae) [More acts to be added as the lineup is subject to change!]

    "We are definitely very happy with hosting this event in Atlanta," said Claude Gatebuke, Africamix East Coast Operation Officer "I think it is an ever changing, culturally diverse city that can offer much to the worldwide effort in testing whether arts and music celebrations can be used to help combat child abuse and neglect"

    Guest appearances and child abuse prevention speakers to be announced!

    According to Mr. Gatebuke, the two-day multicultural music and arts festival is designed to draw attention to the problem of child abuse and neglect and educate the public about local, national and international prevention and intervention programs and services. Guest appearances and child abuse prevention speakers to be announced.

    Volunteers, artists and sponsors should contact the festival coordinator Augustine Kamalan at 678-481- 5116 or contact Africamix East Coast Operation Officer, Claude Gatebuke at 1800-256-1116

    About Africamix

    Africamix is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization serving to introduce and incorporate volunteer arts and music celebrations into community based abuse intervention and prevention activities.

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#1 — April 5, 2003 @ 09:39AM — emmanuel [URL]


DEAR BELOVED IN CHRIST,

I greet you in the wonderful name of Jesus. I really praise God
that he has privileged me to write this letter to you for your
kind involvement tin my ministry. With one another to Glorify the name of Gods ours is a ministry with a main aim proclaim the Gospel in rural, tribal and remote slum areas. If you could pay your visit to us we will take you to different places to encourage people through your talents. Please Co-operate with us for the extension of the kingdom of God.

.a) Our orphanage : I have brought up few children for hiv who have lost their parents in a cyclone and through a serious road accident, recently and arranged a shelter for there. I have been looking up their feeding, shelter, Educational purposes and other establishment under the humanitarian grounds with very limited local donations, that, I receive every month. But unfortunately, I am tough to afford for all their needs due to the lack of funds. If the same thing continued hereafter they would go with empty stomach, raming about in streets just like vagabonds with out any facility.

b) Our co-workers of Gospel services: We have a team of Co-workers who are graduated and, sacrificed their lives for the order of God to lead a precious life of as ordered by our Lord. They are mostly going to the corners of unrecalled and unpreached rural areas where their villages are located at the slum and coastal belt. For this purpose in addition with our orphanage, we have set up this Gospel out reach ministry . They are mostly traveling by walk since there are no proper means of transportation and 0ften they would walk and results some injuries of body. Their families indeed, suffer in their livelihood at regular intervals

For your information, as I am an young educated, looking at the spiritual service, I am confidently going on with His Devin service, keeping faith and trust on our great Lord. If you kindly co-operate me and guide me in your great love and faith, I am continue my services enduring all the crosses that I face in my way to reach the kingdom of our father. Mostly I am in desire to work with your ministry under your leadership. As there are last days of earth to every humanbeing it is essential to be united each other and go forward in the work of God. I believe and trust in this matter. I heartily invite you to make at rip to India and deliver your spiritual messages to the Indians, enabling them to gain the love your lord Jesus Christ. I wish you to visit us and encourage in our activities of gospel services and our orphanage our co-workers and our bible training center. I specially pray in my daily prayers to attain the spirit of our god in all my duties. For this i appeal before god to extend his kind believing upon me and show me a delightful way to go our with his service. I also request you to send your postal address, so that I can send you the photographs of our activities for your kind observation. Every one of our members, orphans and family members are extending their regards to you. Your family and your Co-workers in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Waiting for your kind reply.

Yours in Christ
emmanuel

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