Originally published November 11, 2007
By Sonia Boin
News-Post Staff
About seven years ago, the depth of their pain was brought home to Adamson Musonda, a Zambian farmer, when the disease took the lives of 10 of his relatives. They left 20 children to be cared for.
"Separation can be very severe," he said, "but we couldn't take care of all 20."
Instead of taking all the children in, he started a nonprofit organization, Zambia Hope International. Zambia Hope works to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS through teaching responsible behavior to children, and has provided a local clinic that provides medicine to 18,000 people, according to its website.
The United Nations estimates there are about 1.25 million orphans in Zambia.
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