I have attached a photo of little Maya Angelou, one of four girls who have come to Hekima Place in the past two weeks. And tomorrow we get another one, 7 months old. Her mother is a 15 year old girl child who was raped. Men here like virgins because they know they can't get AIDS from them - also there is some belief that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS. The mother has been living with her aunt, a widow, who is caring for 10 other children, some her own and some her deceased sister's. The little mother has a sponsor who is paying for her schooling and wants her to return to her boarding school, but she can't take the baby. Her aunt can't manage another child, so the Ministry of Children asked Kate if Hekima would take her. This is what AIDS is doing to Africa.
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