Footsteps 61

CHILDREN AND HIV/AIDS

Photo: Richard Hanson/Tearfund

The impact of HIV and AIDS is huge. Many of the consequences have yet to be felt.

In particular, the long-term impact on children is often ignored as the more immediate needs of adults are met.

This issue of Footsteps looks at a number of different ways in which children are affected by HIV and AIDS, and brings together many ideas on how to help meet their needs.

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An AIDS success story by Mercedes Sayagues. Senegal is a poor country, yet its HIV rate is one of the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa. As a result of early, bold and open action, Senegal has kept a low HIV rate of 1.4%. With little foreign aid for AIDS work, why have its H... More >>

Bible study Caring for children. It is very easy to value children more for what they can become, rather than for what they are in themselves. Children may be seen as a bit of a burden from the time they are born, until the time when they can be useful. This ... More >>

Editorial The impact of HIV and AIDS is huge. Many of the consequences have yet to be felt. In particular, the long-term impact on children is often ignored as the more immediate needs of adults are met. This issue of Footsteps looks at a number of different w... More >>

Helping children realise their potential The Salvation Army recently held a consultation on developing the capacity of young people. It proved a key opportunity to share learning from around the world. Discussions were held about the specific needs of young people affected by HIV. The c... More >>

Helping those with small voices by Andrew Tomkins. Recent years have seen huge changes both in awareness and in the availability of medicines for the treatment of adults with HIV and AIDS. Effective international advocacy has helped to reduce the prices of anti-retroviral drugs (A... More >>

HIV and school children in Thailand by Rachel Stevens. Siam-Care has over ten years of experience working in Thailand, supporting women and children in need. We have watched many of these children grow up and develop. We have also seen many changes as a result of the increase in HIV.... More >>

Letters Disability awareness Awareness is a big word. In Nepal this word is used by organisations in many different ways: disability awareness, poverty awareness, women awareness, community awareness, political awareness and so on. The NGO, Community-Based... More >>

Memory boxes Parents living with HIV and AIDS often worry about what will happen to their children when they die. If the child is young, or the family is separated in a time of crisis, memories can fade and important information is often lost. The child can grow ... More >>

Resources Responding more effectively to HIV and AIDS A new PILLARS guide, designed to help communities respond to the challenges of HIV and AIDS. This book helps people to discuss their feelings openly and learn from each other. It challenges unhelpful attit... More >>

Solidarity groups in Rwanda by Mukarugira Mediatrice. The work of Moucecore in Rwanda in establishing solidarity groups was a response to the huge needs after the genocide. Now their experience in helping children rebuild their lives is of huge benefit to those who are orphane... More >>

Supporting children with HIV by Kristin and Susan Jack. Bec Sompoa was about 18 months old and severely malnourished when she joined our nutrition programme in 1995. We were used to seeing skinny, sickly children returning to good health after just a few weeks of treatment and... More >>

The impact of HIV and AIDS on children by David Kabiswa. Children are often the silent victims of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. In many traditional Ugandan societies, children were ‘seen, not heard’. As HIV and AIDS tore apart communities and countries in the 1980s and 1990s, people tried t... More >>

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