By John Manganyi | Project Director
In the afterschool programme we help children who have been identified by social services as highly vulnerable by providing lunch, fruit and a nutritional milkshake (Nucleo) four afternoons a week, and handing out food parcels every week.
By getting these regular meals and extras, we see the children grow not only physically, but also in their school results, socially and emotionally.
In the long term we want to see the children grow to be adults who can provide for themselves and their families, being the light in the community without being limited by their health and abilities. That way they can make an impact in their families and communities, and reach out to others that need help.
Thuso* is one of the children who attends the afterschool programme. He lost his mother due to AIDS related diseases and he is also HIV positive. He started the program as a shy young boy with a skin condition.
He drinks Nucleo every time he comes to the center and there’s a big difference in his skin and physical appearance, plus he now has a lot of confidence and talks a lot! He keeps on drinking Nucleo because he knows that its good for his health.
He doesn’t yet know that he is HIV positive or that the lady who he is staying with is not his real mother. We are working together with his family so that he and his siblings will be told the truth in the right way at the right time. His situation is not unique, unfortunately it is typical of many of the children and families that we are helping.
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