An excerpt is below. See the full article here!

Helping Children Orphaned by AIDS Calls This Penn Medicine Family to Action

Caring for the orphans of the AIDS pandemic is one of the greatest challenges facing sub-Saharan Africa today. South Africa alone, with a total population of 50 million, is home to nearly 4 million orphans, about 20% of the nation’s children.

One Penn Medicine family is rallying support for thousands of South African children and their communities through Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity (NOAH).

…

On Dec. 15, AIDS researchers and the Ultrasounds, Penn Medicine’s a cappella group, joined the Mackays to raise awareness for the issue. Beatrice Hahn, MD, described current insights into the origin and spread of AIDS. Bette Korber, PhD, spoke on recent progress in developing a vaccine. The Ultrasounds honored South Africa’s world famous a cappella tradition, performing “Siyahamba”, a South African hymn.

From one of the concert organizers:

Thanks so much for putting on such a great concert last night. We had
a great turnout and were able to raise $1300 for the CHOP’s music
therapy program. Everyone did a wonderful job getting the word out.
Thank you so much for all your hard work.

Heather

Here are some videos of the Ultrasounds. Thanks again to Ashley for these clips!

• I’m Yours/Somewhere Over the Rainbow
• Halo
• Blackbird
• Don’t Stop Believing