By Jacqueline Frost | Development and Communications Manager
Our New Life Center treated 65 children affected with HIV/AIDS last year, offering antiretroviral treatments, medical and dental care, tutoring, healthy food and a large dose of love.
The children live at the center with their mothers for an average of three months while our caregivers help stablize their health through proper nutrition and good medical care. We discharged 45 children who had returned to normal weight and were cured of opportunistic infections.
Their mothers, who are also usually affected with HIV/AIDS, take classes in reproductive health, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, antiretroviral treatments, and nutrition.
Mothers and their children also receive psychological counseling to help them cope with living with HIV/AIDS in a country where the condition is highly stigmatized.
Thank you for helping us care for these vulnerable children.
Dhanyabad!
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