Elton John Accomplishments

Through his charitable efforts Elton John works to improve the state of the human race. In the December of 1992 John founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation (Armoudian). AIDS had become one of the worst epidemics in history by that time. Cases of men who had contracted the disease rose 14,000 percent in ten years; progressing from two hundred and ninety-five in 1981 to forty-two thousand in 1991.In 1991 30,000 had died from it (Rushing 1). There was a little awareness for the disease and those who suffered from it, which contributed to the lack of treatment. John was one of the first and most important people to speak out and raise awareness. The foundation raised more than awareness however; from 1992 to 2015 the foundation raised 321 million