Immediately after the death of Freddie Mercury from AIDS related causes in London on 24th November 1991, the remaining members of Queen and Jim Beach their manager took the decision to raise money and awareness about AIDS in his memory.
London, August 28 2009 - Together they organised the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust to distribute the monies raised from this concert.
Since 1992 the Mercury Phoenix Trust have been responsible for donating more than £8 million in the fight against AIDS making over 600 grants to charities worldwide. Applications for grants have come in from many countries around the world and collaboration has been realised with groups as far removed as the World Health Organisation to grass-root organisations run partly by voluntary workers in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Nepal, India and South America.
The Trust is following the latest developments in drug therapies and adapting funding policy to the changing needs of those affected by HIV/AIDS, and current concentrating it’s efforts on education and awareness in the Developing World.
More information about HIV/AIDS worldwide can be obtained from the World Health Organisation web site UNAIDS www.unaids.org, in the UK from the National AIDS Trust www.nat.org.uk and those interested in the latest developments on finding a vaccination against HIV infection should check out the web of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative www.iavi.org. A very good source of general information is the www.aidsmap.com.
Dorian Baxter is committed to generating fundraising and awareness towards the global fight against AIDS, and as a result, will be donating a fixed percentage of his total annual music revenue towards the Mercury Phoenix Trust.
Contributions are scheduled to begin at the end of the 2010 / 2011 year, to co-incide with the launch of his debut album entitled Turbulent Landscapes, and will continue with the release of each additional album, on an annual and indefinate basis. Turbulent Landscapes is based on Dorian's experience of growing up in Cape Town during the Apartheid regime and his perception of life as an international music artist.
In addition to growing up in Cape Town during the Apartheid regime, and being acutely aware of the issues that affect Africa today, ie. AIDS, Education and Children, Dorian has been strongly influenced by Freddie Mercury and the tragic circumstances surrounding his sudden death.
If you are interested in supporting Dorian in this regard, more information may be found at http://www.mercuryphoenixtrust.com and http://www.dorianbaxter.net. Alternatively, you may register as a Fan, and receive Exclusive Content directly from Dorian Baxter, for FREE, at http://www.reverbnation.com/dorianbaxter.
Source: http://www.mercuryphoenixtrust.com.