The aWAKE Project: Uniting Against the African AIDS Crisis

by Jenny Eaton (Editor), Bono, Danny Glover

"Today, this very day, 5,500 Africans will die of AIDS. If this isn't emergency, what is?" -Bono (U2)

The aWAKE Project, Second Edition is an updated collection of stories and essays geared toward educating and mobilizing Americans to help with the AIDS crisis in Africa. Action is needed for a continent on which five people die every minute from the deadly AIDS virus. aWAKE stands for: AIDS-Working toward Awareness, Knowledge and Engagement.

Compiled of articles written by significant speakers on the AIDS issue, ranging from Nelson Mandela to Kay Warren, The aWAKE Project provides poignant stories and compelling statistics, encouraging the reader to care and even take action to battle this horrific crisis.

A significant portion of the proceeds from sales of The aWAKE Project will be donated to non-profits helping those in Africa.

Genres: Nonfiction, Africa

288 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2002

Reviews

[Jessie]

everyone should read this.

[Lacey]

This book was meant to be.
It was so convicting to read about the plight of AIDS orphans. I read it in grade 10, and its impact still lingers on.

[Charliem]

genre: non-fiction
quarter 1

[Kribsoo]

Finally...a book with real people talking about a real issue and the 2nd aWAKE project book is better than the first