AIDS orphan has bravery in abundance

Health/ Disease Blog Entry Thirteen
Azrealle McClain
Sociology 202-01
December 4th 2009
9:00pm

Summary:
It’s no surprise that AIDS is running ramped throughout Africa. This article chronicled the saddening story of one of the disease’s victims. Sanyu Nakyeyune doesn’t have AIDS, her parents did and the news of their death was a staggering wake up call. Sanyu Nakyeyune was left to take care of her two siblings at the tender age of 10. The more heart wrenching fact is that she is one of an estimated 15 million orphan children who went through a similar situation. This is exactly where a program called LEAD Uganda comes into play. Their mission is to save these children from orphanages and help them better themselves through the acquisition of adequate education.

Reactions:
I have heard about stories like this in Africa all the time, but do I rarely hear about a solution. Hearing that there is a program out there that is saving these children through education is a credit to the human capacity for true empathy. I can only hope that there are more efforts being done to help these children. There is nothing better than helping a child who is at the lowest point possible.

Web Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/12/03/sanyu.uganda.aids/index.html