2008-10-07 11:56:33
By Peter Tindwa
It is very sad and disturbing to note from many regional and global reports that Africa, especially Sub-Saharan Africa, including Tanzania is leading in the infections of HIV/AIDS. Staff writer Peter Tindwa writing for the Association of Journalists Against AIDS in Tanzania (AJAAT) together with the United Nations Children`s Fund (UNICEF) sheds light on importance of interventions to support children affected by HIV/AIDS:
Available statistics from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare through the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) show that Tanzania has at least 930,000 most vulnerable children, most of whom are affected by AIDS and living in households which are below the Tanzanian poverty line.
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At GO!'s House of Faith Orphanage (HOFO) we currently have 3 children of 19 children who are HIV/AIDs positive. These children require additional care, but can not be turned away based on this condition. We can do more, but it is going to take an effort community by community, project by project. Will you help us?
www.globalorphanrelief.org
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