THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW

Oprah Winfrey journeys to South Africa.

Her journey focused attention on the overwhelming devastation AIDS has wrought on the people of that nation and to raise awareness of the plight of South Africa’s children – a generation of hungry, homeless, poor and uneducated.

For 21 days Oprah and her team trekked across the lush, rolling hills of the impoverished  regions of Kwala-Zulu-Natal and Umtata carrying 50,000 backpacks filled with gifts and shoes.

It was a journey that brought the joys of Christmas to those who had never known it before.  It was a journey of hope and understanding.

And for one remarkable woman it was also an illuminating personal odyssey.