Event Detail Information
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Compassion for African Villages- Tsitsi Mutseta |
| Start Date: | 5/14/2008 |
| End Date: | 5/14/2008 |
| Event Time: | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
| Title: | Compassion for African Villages- Tsitsi Mutseta |
| Location: | Cross Cultural Center |
| Other Location: | Large Conference Room |
| Event Category: | Lectures/Seminars -Social Awareness |
| Sponsor: | Americans for Informed Democracy |
| Open to Public: | YES |
| Admission Cost: | Free |
| Contact Name: | Pooja Nair |
| Contact Phone: | (805) 405-5219 Ext. |
| Contact Email: | psnair@ucsd.edu |
| Description: | Tsitsi Mutseta is a 33-year old woman from Rundongo, Zimbabwe. She was trafficked to the U.S. in 2000 and kept as a slave in Vista for three years. She finally broke free, after months of hardships, and started going to San Diego State as a nursing student.
In a letter from her brother back in Rundongo, she learned that 147 (out of 150) of her high school class mates had died from HIV/AIDS, cholera, malaria, or TB. Over the last couple of years, seven of her family members have died, leaving her with eight children to care for. One year ago, Tsitsi was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer. She was forced to drop out of nursing school, quit her jobs, and focus on her treatments. |
