Image Number: APN100068
Path:
Africa Media Online /
African Pictures /
Eric Miller
Description: South Africa, Northern Kwazulu Natal. Mkuze/Jozini area. Bethesda Aids Action Team Grandmother who cares for 6 orphaned grandchildren. In this remote and large rural area. some parts only accessible by 4x4 vehicle, the Aids Action Team has trained over 150 home base carers (mainly rural women) in providing basic nursing skills. The organisation has also enlisted help from church ministers, traditional leaders and faith based organisations to extend caring beyond purely physical needs into the emotional and spiritual. The project identifies orphans, ensuring they have food, social grants and tries to place them with foster parents. The project also cares for and counsels 100's of ill clients, and monitors over 400 people as part of the nevirapine program. health community drugs baby child Photo Eric Miller/2004
Collections: Independent Contributors
Subcollections:
Eric Miller
Country: South Africa
Orientation: portrait
Pixel Size: 2000 x 3008
Media Id: 92_187
Credit: Eric Miller / Independent Contributors / Africa Media Online
Keywords:
colour image ,
South Africa,
Africa,
vertical,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Jozini,
Mkuze,
Bethesda,
,
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Property Release: No
