AIDS is a world urgent issue. Millions are left Orphans, in Africa, USA, Australia, India and Millions are falling victims of mental torture due to the stress they are passing through when they lost their loved ones. It is a tragedy that has globe scope and global implications.

The World Aids Marathon team is in the process of organizing a world marathon in Kenya on 27th November 2004. The goal of this project is raise money to help those adversely affected by AIDS in Kenya. How did this race come about? Because people were inspired by the story of Richard Brodsky, and his passion to change the world.

The marathon organizer, Richard Brodsky was a successful New York architect and marathon runner, happily married with 3 daughters. However, on one terrible day in 1997, he had to tell his wife Jodi that he was bisexual and contracted HIV from another man. Many women would have chosen to end their marriages right then and there, but Jodi chose to stay. Today, the Brodsky’s are still happily married, their family is intact, and Jodi has never tested positive for HIV. Then, in 2002, Richard was diagnosed with brain cancer! Fortunately, the treatment was successful, and the cancer currently appears to be in remission.

After completing the 2003 New York City Marathon, it occurred to Richard that he owed his life to the excellent medical treatment that we have here in the United States - and, of course, the love of Jodi - AND that there was no reason why people with AIDS around the world couldn’t enjoy the same quality of life that he did. Thus the 2004 World AIDS Marathon was born.

Richard’s book about his remarkable experience attracted a good deal of media interest, and that is why people within the United States, as well as in Angola, Canada, Finland, Germany, Holland, Nigeria, and, of course, Kenya, have joined forces to help stage this ambitious project.

Help Richard’s dream come true by joining us, either by becoming a runner yourself, or by making a direct financial pledge. As Jodi Brodsky says, "FIND PASSION IN THIS LIFETIME BECAUSE A LIFE WITHOUT PASSION IS NOT WORTH LIVING.”

For more information about the Marathon go to the World AIDS Marathon site.

For more information about Richard, contact Richard (USA) or Francis (Kenya).

You can also join the World AIDS Marathon Yahoo Group.