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　　As a preteen in New York, Whitney Johnson volunteered at soup kitchens and delivered clothes to the homeless．While at college, she started an English-language tutoring program for immigrant children．No one was surprised, then, when she chose to volunteer in an orphanage in Khayelitsha, one of South Africa's poorest areas, during her junior year abroad．

　　At the orphanage, Johnson discovered most of the children infected with HIV at birth, many abandoned by parents too sick to care for them, or neglected by surviving relatives．Few were receiving the care needed to stay healthy．Many died．When she left, all she wanted to do was go back and change what she had seen．

　　After graduation, Johnson began a fund-raising effort that eventually collected enough money to found UBA, a nonprofit organization intended to provide services for HIV-positive(阳性的)kids aged 4 to 18 in Khayelitsha．Now UBA is housed in a church big enough for offices and the children．The staff includes counselors(咨询师), a social worker, a nurse, a cook, and a handful of volunteers, ensuring that each child has access to proper care, a free healthy meal, and emotional support．Once a week, she makes sure the children receive age-appropriate lessons about AIDS．The social worker sees to it that the kids are enrolled(注册)in school and have safe living conditions－especially those without parents．

　　Johnson plans to soon relocate UBA to an even larger location with more medical staff and a field“so the kids can run around and just feel like kids．" She's also working with the South African Department of Health so that the new center can distribute drugs and give blood tests．

　　"Many people think that HIV means death, but it doesn't," Johnson says．"There's so much that can be done．" In the five years since the center opened, not one of the 200 kids in the program has died．“It's so emotional to see the strong, independent people they become．" One teenage girl who had received help at UBA even announced that she wanted to become a nurse．

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　　Their reunion was unlike any other．Graduating from the Macon, Georgia, class of 1959 gathered to-gether in 2009, even though many of them never had an opportunity to meet during their high school days．

　　Schools in the 1950’s, like most other public locations, were segregated(隔离)in Georgia．Kids were forced to attend different schools depending on the color of their skin, and those with white skin were further separated by gender．Fifty years later these people who were not allowed to associate with each other were finally able to connect．

　　It all began with the personal journey of a man named Tom Johnson．He grew up in Macon and enjoyed a very successful career which included serving as the publisher of the Los Angeles Times and president of CNN．Tom’s 1ife changed drastically over the years, but he still felt the desire to reconnect with his roots．

　　In 2005 Johnson returned to Macon with his son, Wyatt．As the pair drove around town, the father re-counted high school stories to his son．He talked about how students attended one of three schools：Ballard-Hudson, Lanier or Miller．Wyatt looked over at his father and said：“Dad, think about how many friends you missed getting to know．”

　　Johnson thought about the people he never got the chance to meet．He decided to do something about it．

　　The first step was to find people who graduated from all three schools．Johnson wrote to each person and proposed they all get together for a luncheon．He explained that even though they were kept apart during their youth, they didn’t have to be separated any more．His classmates received the message with open hearts．A reunion date was set for October．

　　More than 200 former Macon students traveled hundreds of miles to reunite with people who went to high school with them．It was an unprecedented event, former students coming together to make up for the time they had lost during the days of segregation．

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