Hearing Nelson Mandela describe the African HIV pandemic in 2003 as a genocide, with women and children as the frontline victims, was a turning point in Annie Lennox’s life. After seeing for herself how people were struggling to cope, Annie became an activist....
Annie Lennox was interviewed on CCTV News. Annie speaks for about 20 minutes about HIV, how she became an activist, the opening song to the conference that Annie performed, Cole Porters Everytime We Say Goodbye. This is the full interview that we mentioned last week....
Source: UN AIDS As thousands of delegates from around the world gather for the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, one of the most prominent symbols of the global response, was unveiled across the metropolitan DC...
Source: New York Times LONDON — On a balmy morning in May 2007, Annie Lennox was in her west London garden, drinking tea with her right-hand woman Tara Goldsmid and Claire Lewis, who runs celebrity ambassadors for the charity Oxfam. They were brainstorming...
UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassadors Naomi Watts and Annie Lennox are among the person-alities who are adding their voices and commitment to “Believe it. Do it.”. The campaign is working to ensure children everywhere are born free from HIV by 2015 and their mothers remain...
