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July 12, 2006
Children's Clinic
10 July 2006 Each Monday and Wednesday at TASO, children gather inside an old World Food Programme trailer to discuss their fears, likes & dislikes, hopes & dreams; to meet with their counselors; to get their ARVs; to be weighed; to meet with their doctors.
The trailer is decorated with HIV/AIDS awareness posters and the children's art work. There are some toys, too - boys get trucks and girls get dolls. They color and play while they wait for the doctor or the counselor. They sit quietly, hardly ever talking to each other. They must be scared. They are dealing with disease, loss, being different from other children, physical pain and discomfort, poverty...
Next week, I will visit some of these children at their homes. Some of them still live with their parents; others have lost one or both of their parents to AIDS.
Keep these children in your thoughts, meditations, and prayers.
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Posted by kmf23 at July 12, 2006 08:57 PM
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