Description
Book SynopsisGives voice to HIV/AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan African
Trade Review'An unsentimental and realistic assessment of the desperate situation of children in sub-Saharan Africa affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Thus when the author says there is hope despite the hopelessness we must believe her' -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
'The stigma attached to the disease may be diminishing, but children's grief at their parent's death remains raw. It's a sensitive and informative book' -- Emma Guest, author Children of AIDS: Africa's Orphan Crisis (Pluto, 2003)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Framing the Issues
2. One Continent, Five Countries, and Five Different Epidemics
3. Girls and Women, Special Vulnerabilities
4. Life Sustainer, ARV Treatment
5. Prevention: The Long-term Goal
6. Poverty and Children’s Wellbeing
7. Education: A Basic Human Right
8. I Feel It in My Heart
9. Supporting Children
10. A Matter of Money and Intention
11. Hope and/or Despair
Notes
Index
