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ORPHAN CRISIS |
One
of the most telling and troubling consequences of the HIV/AIDS
epidemics growing reach is the number of children it has orphaned
or seriously impacted. Today more than 13 million children currently
under the age 15 have lost one or both parents to AIDS, most of
them in Sub-Saharan Africa. By 2010, this number is expected to
rise to more than 25 million. |
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In
Uganda today, the number orphans is estimated at more than 1.5
million for children under 15 years. Current UNAIDS statistics
indicate a number of 530,000 people currently living with HIV/AIDS,
this number will further increase the number of ophans. In the
past, people used to care for the orphans and loved them, but
these days they are so many and many people have died who could
have assisted them, and therefore is a common phenomena, no strange.
The few who are alive cannot support them. |
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There's
a large increase in the number of families headed by women, Children
and grandparents. This is evident in Mafubira Sub-Country Jinja
District, there are 147 registered families hardest hit by the
HIV/AIDS epidemic, 90% of these families are headed by grand parents
who have no steady means of income. Majority survive by selling
banana leaves, avacados, mats, yellow bananas, Matooke, maize
the list is long but earnings of these item are too small to sustain
there families including taking the children to school. |
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Nakato
Leya now 26 years, lost all her parents AIDS in 1992. She remained
a family head of 10 siblings at the age of 14 years. She withdrew
from school and begun looking after the young ones and she never
had any further opportunity to continue with her education. She
currently sells maize floor as her major source of income to support
the family. |
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Bagonza
Juma10, in Primary 3 lost his parents to AIDS in 1995 while he
was crawling as a baby. Together with other 8 orphans they have
grown up under the care and support of their grandmother Bamaniriza
Zainab 55 years. She sells Matooke to support her family. |
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Namaganda
Stella 13 now in P.3, lost both her parents to AIDS between 1993
and 1994 when she was 3 years old, together with other 6 AIDS
Orphans have grown up under the care and support of their grandmother
Elizabeth Mubaale 71 years she sells Ovacados and mats to support
her grandchildren. |
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| Thereza
Namutebi 10 in P.3, lost her parents to AIDS in 2002, and now she
lives under the care of her grandmother 75years together with 5. |
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- Uganda
and HIV/AIDS Success Story! |
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- HIV/AIDS
Education, Awareness and Prevention Campaigns |
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- HIV/AIDS
and the young people |
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- School
Outreach Programs AYM |
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- HIV/AIDS
and the Bible |
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- HIV/AIDS
Has Created an Orphan Crisis |
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