IN 2008 GLOBAL ACTION FOR CHILDREN (GAC):
LED E F FO RT S to retain 10 percent of all U.S. global HIV/AIDS funding for orphans and vulnerable children in the reauthorization of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) by working with allies in Congress and galvanizing support from coalition partners. Once fully funded, 10 percent of PEPFAR will mean roughly $3 billion specifically serving kids from 2009-13. EDUCAT E D L AWM A K E R S and their staff on Capitol Hill about the importance of addressing challenges facing orphans and vulnerable children at a World AIDS Orphans Day briefing with Representatives Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Nita Lowey (D-NY). At this groundbreaking event, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, then
Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, released research-based, cutting-edge findings of best practices in supporting highly vulnerable children. S E C U R E D S I G N I F I CA N T S I X- F I G U R E G RA N T S from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation and the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. BRIEFE D CA N D I DAT E S Obama and McCain’s senior campaign staff during the lead
up to the 2008 Presidential Election to ensure children would be prioritized in the new administration. N A M E D O N E O F T H E B E ST charities in the greater Washington region by the Catalogue for Philanthropy. Since 2003, the Catalogue has annually recognized small organizations with budgets below two million dollars for achieving distinction, merit, cost-effectiveness, and accomplishments.