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Name: Unknown
Birth Date: Unknown
Title: Senioretta Mondo
HIV Diagnosis: Unknown
This
doll
represents
an
outreach
effort
in
an
orphanage
in
Cape
Town,
South
Africa.
In
July
of
2006,
a
University
of
Michigan
student
agreed
to
take
some
doll
forms
to
South
Africa
where
she
was
going
to
study
for
5
months.
When
unforeseen
difficulties
scuttled
the
original
plan
for
the
dolls,
Lindsay
came
up
with
another
one.
These
are
her words:
"In
September
I
went
to
the
orphanage
bearing
gifts
of
dolls
and
valuable
information.
By
using
colorful
posters
as
visual
aids,
I
explained
to
the
girls
about
HIV/AIDS.
Being
that
the
girls
were
between
the
ages
of
3
to
13
and
had
very
short
attention
spans,
I
kept
my
presentation
brief.
Then
it
was
time
for
the
fun
to
begin.
I
told
them
about
the
STITCHES
campaign
and
said
that
they
could
decorate
the
dolls
to
remind
them
to
be
safe
and
careful
in
the
future.
The
rest
of
the
evening
flew
by
in
a
fury
of
feathers,
glue,
and
beads.Sure,
some
of
the
dolls
met
an
unceremonious
end;
being
covered
in
glue
and
abandoned
by
the
former
artists.
However,
most
of
the
girls
had
a
wonderful time. One of the dolls even had a hand-written sign on her back that read:
I have HIV. Give me hugs, not drugs.
Upon
leaving
the
orphanage,
I
hung
the
posters
on
the
wall
and
admired
many
beautiful
dolls.
I
left
that
night
feeling
hopeful.
For
if
just
one
of
those
girls
remembers
some
small
fact
about
my
presentation
or
decorating
the
dolls, then the global conflict that is HIV/AIDS is one step closer to being resolved."
This
STITCHES
artist
was
a
small
child
in
an
orphanage
in
S.
Africa,
where
AIDS
is
wiping
out
entire
generations
of people. Her innocence and her pain has a voice in this doll. Listen, if you dare. Help, if you can.
ID: ST-SOF-UN-0129
SOUTH AFRICA
STITCHES Womens Iniaitives 28056 Palomino Drive
Warren, MI 48093 Phone: 586-873-8034