World AIDS Day
In 2004 there were a total of 38 million people living with HIV/AIDS, three million more than in 2001. The region worst hit by the disease is sub-Saharan Africa, where around two-thirds of the population, i.e. about 25 million people, live with HIV/AIDS. Even if the majority of people with HIV infection are adults, a growing number of children and adolescents bear the burden of HIV/AIDS. The term HIV/AIDS orphans is used to describe children under 18 years old who have lost one or both parents to the disease.                                                                                                                          read more>>>

When Parents Die of AIDS: The Children of Kagera, Tanzania
In the past two years, Terre des Hommes Switzerland has been working in Tanzania in a pilot project funded by the Novartis Foundation. The organization is investigating how psychosocial support can be developed for AIDS orphans.                                                                                                                read more>>>

Alone and Helpless? AIDS Orphans in Tanzani

In many developing countries, AIDS is not only one of the greatest health problems, but is increasingly a social problem as well. Children whose parents die of AIDS-related illnesses face the worst imaginable opportunities in life. In a local project called HUMULIZA, sponsored by the Novartis Foundation, the organization Terre des Hommes (Switzerland) has been providing psychosocial care for AIDS orphans in the region of Kagera in Tanzania for three years.read more>>>