Saturday, November 04, 2006


The State of AIDS in Kenya (two case studies)
Grace Mukami is a mother of two children. The photo above is of Dr. Oronje visiting this mother and her two children in the slums in Eldoret Kenya.

Her husband left her recently and she is HIV positive. She is pregnant. Dr. Oronje thinks she will deliver in the next few days. They are hoping and praying that the child will not have the virus when it is born. Grace has been so depressed that she attempted an abortion. Nick Korir took the youngest kid into his home while the mother was in the final stages of her pregnancy.

The reality of Stigma
A huge obstacle that the AIDS patients face when diagnosed with HIV is the stigma from friends and family. The closeup shot of the leg below is from a woman who was recently told she had HIV. Her husband was so angry at her that he chopped her leg. Nick and Dr. Oronje came to fix her back up.

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