kids doing their part in the fight against hunger and HIV

If you have ever played in the garden, gotten dirt under your finger nails and watched something you planted grow then you know the excitement I feel when I envision ME working in a community garden in Africa!!
Hi, my name is Ian Kiernan, and I am a child that wants to go to Tanzania, East Africa with my mom for 8 months, to participate in the community garden project of Homeopathy for Health in Africa, (HHA), a homeopathic organization that provides homeopathy to ppl with HIV/AIDS free of charge and also has community gardens set up to help feed them too.... how cool is that?!?! You can check out HHA’s website at http://www.homeopathyforhealthinafrica.org/
I got firsthand knowledge about HHA’s community garden projects after my mom came back from a month long volunteer placement with them. Mom is a homeopath, and she told me the story of Elihas, a little boy in one of the Masai villages where she worked, who had AIDS, had not eaten in 1 week and had to be taken to the hospital because he was malnourished and dying of hunger. After hearing that I just knew I had to get involved.
As a young farmer, I have been growing food in my family’s garden ever since I can remember, and considering I am going to be 13 soon, that's a looong time :). Every summer I plan, prepare the soil and plant a garden whose harvest helps feed people in my family and is usually enough to share with my neighbors. This summer I grew cucumbers, strawberries, jalapenos peppers, blueberries and tomatoes. My harvest was plentiful and I was able to share with my grandparents, a neighbor and other family members. YUM! YUM! I also have chickens that I am responsible for feeding, watering, collecting eggs and cleaning their coop.
Going to Africa will change my life in many ways. I will contribute what I have learned from years of planting in my own garden to the community garden projects because our community has to eat and someone has to grow the food and I want to be that someone. I will also participate in school supported opportunities to volunteer in various Masai villages and outreach projects in the community.
Without our support other children like Elihas may end up in the hospital because of malnutrition or even worse!!
Please fund my trip to Tanzania to participate in the community garden projects so no more kids have to go to bed hungry, together we can do something about it!

You can contribute and help me raise funds at paypal: camrhyian1@yahoo.com