“It is unbelievable, the need is so great!” says Delirious? member Tim Jupp. “The number of children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa equals the total number of children in the UK. Many are living in communities where up to 90% of the adult population has contracted HIV/AIDS and many of these children have themselves contracted the AIDS virus. As bleak as this sounds, it is quite remarkable the love and the hope these children have when we talk to them.”
HopeHIV is a UK-based organization that works with partners in Africa that provide care for children orphaned by AIDS. All of the partners facilitate care for the children within their own communities. Education, skills training, recreational camps, residential facilities, counseling and advice to community workers are just some of the things that these projects provide in their communities. Through the projects it supports, HopeHIV seeks to give these children the chance of a fulfilling and significant future. To find out more about the organization, go to www.hopehiv.org.
In addition to the South African tour, Delirious? launched this week its critically acclaimed and fifth US studio project, Touch. Produced by Chuck Zwicky (Semisonic, Prince), Touch is all about finding and hanging onto that touch from the eternal, the one without which we cannot survive.
From leading worship in its local church to being featured on tour with internationally-renown artists such as Bon Jovi, Matchbox 20 or Bryan Adams, Delirious? continues to be one of the most significant catalysts leading the modern worship movement. The band erases the line between rock and praise music, re-enforcing the emerging concept that worship should be part of every facet of life.
More information about Delirious? and Touch can be found at www.delirious.co.uk.
Furious? Records USA, a division of UK-based Furious? Records, was launched this year by Delirious? and band manager Tony Patoto, now Furious? Records CEO. In addition to Delirious?, the label is home to GRAMMY-nominated and radio-chart-topping band All Star United and one of the most prolific praise and worship singer/songwriters from Europe, Graham Kendrick. The label is distributed by the world’s largest Christian record distributor, Chordant Distribution, a division of EMI CMG.
PICTURE CAPTION: Delirious? took time between concerts on its high-successfully and first tour to South Africa to spend time with children orphaned by AIDS. Pictured (l-r) visiting children in the HopeHIV home in Soweto are Delirious? members Jon Thatcher, Tim Jupp and Stu Garrard.
For more information, a high-resolution JPEG photo, etc., contact:
Rick Hoganson, Ph/Fx 615.459.9870/9907, Hoganson@Comcast.net.
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