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"  The Problem: Water contamination in Kenya and beyond The Advocate:  Monique P\u00E9an The Idea: The Charity: Water signature collection HELP OUT! During Fashion Week in New York, Gucci raised $5.5 million for orphans and children affected by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Cochaired by Madonna and Gucci Creative Director Frida Gianni, 100 percent of the funds raised from the event will be donated to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and Raising Malawi. unicef.org; raisingmalawi.org  The Problem:  The fragility of Africa&amp;#039;s trade relations with the U.S. and other superpowers The Advocate: Nicole Mackinlay Hahn The Idea: Reap What You Sew The Details: After working with her brother Scott, co-founder of Rogan Jeans, on their eco line, Loomstate, and branding Bono and his wife Ali&amp;#039;s company Edun, multimedia artist Hahn releases her own interactive video-art installation prom\u00ADoting conscious consumerism, titled Reap What You Sew. The project\u2014a hand-blown glass orb with a video screen inside\u2014which is sponsored by Earth Pledge (donate funds to Hahn&amp;#039;s project at Earthpledge.org), begins its travels around the world on the ninth floor of Barneys NYC on March 27. The &amp;quot;crystal ball&amp;quot; allows shoppers to scan special tags from Barneys merchandise made in Africa, which prompts short movie clips (filmed by Hahn) of boys dancing in Madagascar or smiling horsemen in Lesotho, to a remixed track of Toto&amp;#039;s song &amp;quot;Africa.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I personally feel the apparel sector has the most potential to grow in Africa, but if the trade laws turn against the continent (which they have in the past), it will have devastating effects,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I want to hit the consumer emotionally in the store with my art. If people see how beautiful and spirited the African people are, maybe they&amp;#039;ll think about how we affect their economy.&amp;quot;  The Problem: The depressed textile industry and unemployment level of women in Ethiopia The Advocates: Amanda Mackey and Nicola Mackey Johnson The Idea: NAEA Handbags The Details:  Recently troubled by the lack of American business conducted in Africa, casting director Amanda Mackey and her daughter, Nicola, decided to start a handbag line produced on the continent and sold in the U.S. Amanda met Ethiopian model Liya Kebede while casting Robert De Niro&amp;#039;s film The Good Shepherd, and Kebede suggested creating the line in Ethiopia. Soon after, they found an existing all-women factory in Addis Ababa (founded by three local female entrepreneurs in 2004) of more than 100 workers who would hand-weave their fair-trade traditional Ethiopian bags. NAEA launched this winter exclusively in Barneys and is the first line of hand-woven bags ever to be produced in Ethiopia. HELP OUT! Boost North African tourism and sail the southern Mediterranean through Tunisia and Algeria (from April 14\u201326) on the Explorers Club of NYC&amp;#039;s boat Wind Spirit, guided by member James Del\u00ADgado, an underwater and maritime archaeologist. explorersclub.org  The Problem: The AIDS infection rate in Lwala, Kenya The Advocates: Danielle and Jodie Snyder and Abigail Lorick The Idea: Capsule collections that benefit Lwala The Details: After traveling with friends to Lwala, a village in Kenya, to make a documentary on AIDS, Danielle co-founded LWALA (Living with a Life-Long Ambition), which helps facilitate development in African communities. After college, the Snyder sisters started DanniJo Jewels, which for spring offers gold accessories with LWALA&amp;#039;s logo. Clothing designer Abigail Lorick has also made a summer collection with flecks of yellow in each piece (evocative of traditional crafts in Kenya), which will also benefit the organization. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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