The Shining Stars of Monarch

We first heard about The Shining Stars, a volunteer group helping AIDS orphans in Botswana, on a PBS NewsHour Special. We were motivated to help, and hope you will be, too.

AIDS orphans in Botswana.

The Shining Stars of Monarch is a volunteer program that serves several hundred children orphaned by AIDS in the hard-hit city of Francistown, Botswana. Fifteen adult volunteers provide meals, awareness training, tutoring, and other services. Orphans aged 2-18 provide peer support to each other in this AIDS-ravaged city where HIV infection rates have risen to 50%.

Contact: Patricia Bakwinya
The Shining Stars of Monarch
Tshireletso AIDS Awareness Group
P.O. Box 20815
Monarch, Francistown, Botswana
Phone: 011-267-203-336
E-mail: shiningstars@botsnet.bw

Donations can also be wired directly to The Shining Stars' bank account at the First National Bank of Botswana, Branch 281867, Account 620203, 83048, Account name: Tshireletso AIDS Awareness Group, ABA# FIRNBWGX.

For more information on The Shining Stars of Monarch, the AIDS epidemic in Africa, other helping organizations, and what you can do to help, please follow the links below.

PBS.org: Shining Stars

Aids in Africa