Global Nomads

"But we have a tsunami-like death toll once a month with AIDS." said Former President Clinton to Correspondent Dan Rather on CBS 60 Minutes Sunday night. He was talking about his efforts to help those in New Orleans as well as in China. An especially engaging topic for me because I just traveled close to that same rural area, known as the Golden Triangle, near the borders of Vietnam and Myanmar, which used to be known as Burma. There are several other breeding grounds for AIDS that I traveled in, most importantly, sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 12 million children are orphaned because of AIDS. While onboard the M/V Explorer an International organization called 'Global Nomads' shot and produced segments about AIDS for MTV television and organized video conferencing with students from America discussing HIV/AIDS issues with students from around the world. The ambitious organization gave students in Houston Middle School, Scarsdale (NY) and 10 other schools in the New York City Area the opportunity to video conference with peers in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, and South Africa. The Global Nomad Website has more information about the trip, including topics like disease, global warming, poverty, war, and global terrorism in the countries we visited.