LIFT (Zimbabwe)

Funded by BLG's firm funded internship partnership with UofT, I am currently filming a documentary in Zimbabwe that will be aired at the next LIFT Gala on November 14th at the Gladstone.  I am in Africa working with LIFT interns Graeme Hamilton and Shanna Spring.  Besides the film, we are doing legal and medical research into the reproductive rights of HIV+ women.  This research will culminate in a report that will be given to all of our NGO partners in Botswana for further dissemination.  We are also building links with human rights groups in Botswana and Zimbabwe towards the creation of a LIFT Working Group this fall.  These three initiatives are the summation of a three-pronged LIFT mandate in southern African this summer.  This mandate will be the building block for the coming year's work with LIFT and for the furtherance of LIFT's mission to mobilize legal and medical resources for our overseas NGO partners.