My name is Owen, I am 11 years old and live in France. For my school project I wanted to help, so I am now painting for an education too.
May 2015 – For his school project, Owen McCullough 11 has been painting for Elijah’s education. He has spent the last 6 weeks painting 24 paintings that represent the number of children born with HIV in one hour.
Owen has already sold all his paintings and the money will go to Elijah 12, born with HIV and living in Nairobi Kenya, to help with his education.
- 3.2 million children in the world live with HIV.
- 240,000 are born with HIV each year.
- Without medicine 8 out of 10 die by the age of 5.
- Only 1 in 4 have medicine (750,000 on HIV medicine)
- HIV stops children going to school because they are often sick if they don’t get good medicine.
- Children with HIV need to go to school, because when they grow up they need to get a good job so they can look after themselves.
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