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<\/a><\/p>\nI Am Because We Are<\/strong>\u00a0is a documentary that takes us to a country many of us might not have heard about, yet it\u2019s right there on the map. Malawi. Located in the southwest of Africa, this landlocked country is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a country that was once known as \u201cThe Warm Heart of Africa\u201d but Madonna had also never heard of it until she received a telephone call from Victoria Keelan, a woman who was born and raised there. Keeland informed Madonna, who wrote and produced the documentary, that there were over 1 million children there orphaned by AIDS, more than they could house in orphanages. They were living on the streets, sleeping under bridges, and hiding in abandoned buildings, being abducted, kidnapped, raped. Sounding exhausted, she said it was a state of emergency.<\/p>\n Visiting Malawi, Madonna saw it first hand but for all its troubles she also experienced something else there. There\u2019s a profound understanding and value of life by those who will only experience very little of it. The children of Malawi, the ones who should be growing up to make it a better place are dying at a daily rate and what\u2019s killing them is still too taboo to talk about.<\/p>\n
\n~ Madonna<\/div>\n