John Oliver Gives A Touch Of Laughter

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0000

John Oliver, Daily Show regular, headlined at New York’s Comix Comedy Club to raise money for the training of desperately needed health workers in Tanzania on March 5.

Other performers at ‘A Touch of Laughter’ were Karith Foster of Imus in the Morning, Comedy Central’s Tom Shillue, Baron Vaughn – who appeared at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival – and Nathaniel Bryan, formerly of the Opie and Anthony Show.

‘A Touch of Laughter’ was a benefit for the Touch Foundation, an organization that provides funds for the training of medical, nursing and medical technician students at Weill Bugando medical university and teaching hospital in Tanzania. Physicians, nurses and all other health care workers are desperately needed in the fight against diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The medical university has already grown from just 10 students in 2004 to over 800 today, but many more are needed.

The Daily Show's John Oliver To Headline Charity Comedy Show

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:30:00 +0000

A special event featuring John Oliver from The Daily Show will take place in New York tonight, March 5, to raise money for an organization that trains doctors, nurses and other health care workers in Tanzania.

The Touch Foundation’s A Touch Of Laughter comedy show will take place in the Comix Comedy Club at 353 West 14 Street tonight at 7pm, and will feature comedians such as Karith Foster of Imus in the Morning, Comedy Central’s Tom Shillue, Baron Vaughn from the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival, Nathaniel Bryan of the Opie and Anthony Show and Ryan Reiss from “Mike & Juliet in the Morning”.

The Touch Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to building the health workforce in Tanzania, rebuilding the health system within which they work and providing a replicable and sustainable model for doing so elsewhere. The Touch Foundation works in Tanzania, a stable democracy that has a strong relationship with the U.S. and a demonstrated commitment to poverty alleviation. By training doctors, nurses, and health care workers, and by working hand-in-hand with the Tanzanian government to restructure the country’s health care system, the Touch Foundation aims to create a model for reform that can inform and inspire similar efforts throughout the developing world.

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John Oliver Gives A Touch Of Laughter

The Daily Show's John Oliver To Headline Charity Comedy Show