Did you know a child is orphaned by AIDS every 15 seconds. Millions of children are going it alone. Missing their childhood. Missing their mother. Missing their father. AIDS is devastating families around the globe. Children are missing your support. Unite for children. Unite against AIDS.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the devastating impact of AIDS on children and families worldwide.
Danny Glover's quote highlights the heartbreaking reality faced by children orphaned due to AIDS, stressing that every 15 seconds, a child loses their parent to this disease. It calls for collective action to support these vulnerable children who are deprived of their childhood and family support due to the epidemic, urging society to unite against AIDS and provide hope to affected families.
In practice
In a speech about public health policy, highlighting the urgent need for support for children affected by AIDS.
It is the most painful thing to see how young children become collateral damage of wars, but when peace treaties are signed landmines do not respect any of these accords. And as long as these silent killers linger after wars, children will never know peace
Every day of my life I walk with the idea that I am black, no matter how successful I am. And our success is tempered by that; you're successful in this way given the fact you are black, and most blacks don't get to that point.
If you lose a parent, it never goes away. As a kid, I dreamed about my father coming back for 15 or 20 years. I still do sometimes.
A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
And I think my daughter knows now that our life is split in two. Half of the year is spent with Mommy working and the other is spent with no work in sight.
I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.
The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family.
In family relationships love is really spelled t-i-m-e, time.
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