Theo Sowa tells the story of Patience, and why African women just do not give up. Theo Sowa is CEO of the African Women's Development Fund. From the second annual Hope Rising!, a benefit concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation, on November 7, 2012, at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. The concert featured performances by Annie Lennox, Angélique Kidjo and Sarah McLachlan. Listen to the concert on demand at music.cbc.ca/#/concerts/Hope-Rising-2012-2012-11-07 Learn more about women experts turning the tide of the AIDS pandemic in Africa: stephenlewisfoundation.org/news-resources/grassroots-newsletter/fall-2012 More from Hope Rising! 2012 Stephen Lewis on African women and the AIDS pandemic: youtu.be/V8gWsVncLcA Thandie Newton talks about the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and meeting Stephen Lewis for the first time: youtu.be/pA27sTn1_Cg