Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Bibi Rusell, former international fashion model and now world renowned Bengali designer started her own version of (PRODUCT)RED with HIV-infected women in Cambodia.
Russell joined the women of MDSF, an initiative started in 2006 by the UN Development Program that now employs 17 women living with HIV in a Phnom ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
(c) peripheries
The Times reports on the latest media coup from Bono’s PRODUCT(RED): a digital music service to help Africa pay for antiretroviral medicines.
“The still-unnamed service, which is scheduled to start in September, will deliver customers three new pieces of exclusive content a week for a monthly fee of $5. Half ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Thanks to Elizabeth at The Wisdom of Whores for bringing this one to my attention. It reminded me of a night out in Bangkok. Seating at the Balcony Bar, one of my favourite hang out in Silom Soi 4 (The staff is funnier than at the more Hi-So Telephone), I ...
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