Belachew Girma is the holder of a Laughter Guinness World Record for 3 hours and 6 minutes of uninterrupted laughter. Belachew became a born-again-Christian after losing his wife to HIV-AIDS and losing his business to natural disasters. After reading various books on psychology and laughter, he changed his outlook on life and, "laughter came to [his] life." He since has become a laughter therapist, activist and a motivational speaker contributing as a guest on various media publications and TV programs such as BBC, Aljazeera, Canada TV, Jerusalem Post and Ethiopian Herald.