Summary
In Nellore, south India, where 30% of adults have HIV/AIDS, a family took in 26 abandoned children. They need to build a second story onto their house and provide education, health care, food and love
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HIV/AIDS is spreading quickly in India, with 5 million infected adults. As in other poor countries, this will result in millions of orphaned and destitute children. Well-meaning people began to take in neighborhood children, but the need quickly outruns their resources. With help, these small projects can grow into a network of local care providers who can rescue great numbers of children. HEART House, which now cares for 26 orphans, is poised to expand, but needs our help.
The orphanage will build a second floor on the existing structure to provide additional living space for the children. Little Hearts will provide training, education to local HIV+ mothers and children. They will fight stigma.
Total Funding Received to Date: $15,928
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $8,072
Total Funding Goal: $24,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
In the next few years, the need for services for AIDS orphans will become more acute throughout India. This project provides education and hope to children who without this had nothing. They can now grow up to be productive / proud citizens.
Whenever I see a child begging on the streets, my heart starts breaking into pieces.
- C. Prasanna Kumar, Founder & President
C. Prasanna Kumar
Founder & President
D.No.24-1-740
Mulapet
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh 524003
India
0091-861-2341569
Email:
The River Fund
11155 Roseland Road, Unit 16
Sebastian,
Florida
32958
United States
772 589-5076
http://www.riverfund.org
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This project is located in
India
and can also be found under
Children.
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
This project was last updated on January 31, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 31, 2005
By Jaya Canterbury-Counts - Executive Director, The River Fund, January 31, 2010 04:49 PM

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