McCain and ONE Hero Agnes in South Carolina
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:52 am | posted by Field
Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain came to Columbia, South Carolina, on Wednesday. On this day, the SC ONE Vote ‘08 Team also had a very special guest, Agnes Nyamayarwo.
Agnes traveled from Uganda to visit with our team and to make special appearances across the state promoting ONE and also giving great thanks to the people of America for the aid her country has already received.
Agnes is also an HIV/AIDS patient. Her experience living with the deadly virus and her enthusiasm for ONE provided a perfect opportunity for the South Carolina Staff to engage a candidate about our issues. Senator McCain gladly accepted an interview with Agnes.
She thanked him for what he has already accomplished in regards to the United States providing foreign aid to her country. Senator McCain replied, “Thank you for doing what you are doing. You are working with a great organization and you should be proud of what they are doing here”. As the interview ended we thanked the senator. He expressed his gratefulness for our mission and then departed. We look forward to meeting with him again in the near future.
-Wes Mishoe
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Thanks for posting this about Agnes’ trip to South Carolina last week. She looks really spiffy in that blue dress!
Agnes is a TRUE HERO in the movement to make extreme poverty history and someone who was ONE of the inspirations in a certain Irishman’s heart which propelled him to start ONE. (THANK YOU, BONO)
Agnes has given us much in ONE. We are always inspi(red) by her resiliency, courage, gentleness and determination to make the future brighter not only for herself and her family but for the women that she works with back home in Uganda - the Mulago Positive Women’s Network (MPWN).
Those women still are living in extreme poverty after having received their ARV’s through the PEPFAR program. Whatever we as ONE people can do for them is the right thing to do.
Take very good care, my friends. Blessings always.
AS ONE, debbie