Laura Seay about what the Clinton Foundation actually does

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https://storify.com/DemFromCT/laura-seay-about-what-the-clinton-foundation-actua

Laura Seay, about what the Clinton Foundation actually does
Credit to DKOS

(With the enormous good that has come from The Clinton Foundation, on a global scale, it makes sense that a callous selfish individual like Trump would see no reason for such a beneficial endeavor, as the Clinton's took upon themselves to organize for the simple purpose of benefitting the fraility of humankind.
Honestly, in reading Seay's story I wondered just what Donald Trump , with all his billions and his global connections, had done to make the world a better place. The Clintons didn't have to do this. They could have chosen to live life on as grand a scale as Trump.
But they chose this path because this is who they are.
Thank You~mhw )

Here is a very Good Read:

Laura Seay Twitter-storms the Facts:
Here is the story.

Laura Seay ✔@texasinafrica
Surfacing from vacation to throw some knowledge at this nonsense.

Laura Seay ✔@texasinafrica
Saying "shut it down" about the Clinton Foundation is only possible from a position of privilege & ignorance about what they do.

Laura Seay ✔@texasinafrica
For context, a story. In 2005, I randomly met Bill Clinton & some of his staff in a hotel lobby in Kigali.

Laura Seay ✔@texasinafrica
In 2005, HIV/AIDS was still a death sentence in most of central Africa. The Clinton Foundation was working to expand ARV access in Rwanda.


HER STORY in TWITTER-FORM CONTINUES:
Conventional wisdom among the global health elite was that trying to bring similar ARV programs to DR Congo was too risky & difficult.

Congo was still in its transitional phase out of major war then. Goma, Bukavu were a lot more dangerous & vulnerable then than they are now.
People were dying of AIDS. Children. There was not a single regimen of pediatric ARV treatment available to ANY HIV+ child in eastern DRC.

Working with established local & int'l partners, the Clinton Foundation decided that Congolese children were worth the risk.
And so within a year, Heal Africa hospital was treating 60 HIV+ Congolese children with Clinton Foundation funding.

I know teens & young adults who were kids then & are alive today because the Clinton Foundation saved their lives when no one else would.
I lost a child I loved because by the time he got ARV treatment, it was too late - his body had been destroyed by secondary infections.
He died. As did thousands of other kids, teenagers, parents, & people just like you & me who could not access treatment.

All of this showed that providing treatment in a VERY difficult context was not only possible, but that it could be scaled up & replicated.
CHAI still serves hundreds of thousands of pediatric HIV/AIDS patients w/Clinton Foundation & other funding today.
I have yet to see anyone calling for the Clinton Foundation to close, acknowledge that were it to cease to exist, kids would lose ARV access.
Yes, there are conflicts of interest between Hillary Clinton's run for office & donations the Foundation receives. It's complex.
But saying, "Shut it down" without any context or understanding that hundreds of thousands of innocent people would DIE is irresponsible.

And I, for one, am very grateful that the Clinton Foundation saved the lives of some Congolese kids who've grown up to be amazing adults.


And I'm grateful that they tried to save my little friend, even when it was too late for him. We did all we could.