Originally Aired: March 25, 2009
With so many South Africans struck down by AIDS, a generation of children is watching their parents die and being forced to form new family units. In his third report from South Africa, Ray Suarez explores the plight of AIDS orphans.
JIM LEHRER: Next, Ray Suarez has the last of our three global health reports from South Africa this week, the devastating impact of AIDS on children.
RAY SUAREZ: It's early on a Sunday morning. A young girl checks her pot of corn while her sister looks on. The girls do a few quick chores, get dressed for church, wash up, and buff up their shoes.
Nothing unusual about any of that. The scene is repeated throughout the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and around the world, with one difference: The 12-year old twins, Batkithi and Bonisani Masoko, and their 10-year-old sister, Xolisile, are on their own. Their parents both died of AIDS.
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