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Artists for Charity
In the year 2005, 800,000 children in Ethiopia were orphaned by
AIDS. By the year 2014, however, there will be an estimated 2.5
million.
Currently,
organizations designed to care for orphans have reached maximum
capacity, and the pace of their expansion does not match the
increasing demand. In addition, only a small number of these
agencies accept HIV positive children, and even these few have
numerous restrictions (such as age, disability, etc) that limit the
children accepted. Younger children have a much better chance of
being placed in a residence than older ones, and those above the
age of 8 have virtually no chance of being accepted.
While these children have the potential to become functional,
effective members of society, they require additional help in
developing this prospect. With prompt and continuous medical
treatment, proper nutrition, and a sanitary living space, the
lifespan of a child may increase by decades. Lacking the
appropriate treatments, however, many will not even live 3 years
after contracting the virus.
Artists for Charity has willingly accepted the
responsibility of raising HIV positive orphans under the following
criteria:
HIV positive children between the ages of 8 and 15 that have lost
both parents (double orphans).
HIV positive children in extenuating circumstances, such as extreme
impoverishment or abuse (physical, sexual, or mental), regardless
of age.
The AFC Children’s Home is currently comprised of a
single house located in Addis Ababa which serves as a home for 16
children and the AFC administrators. The house includes a dormitory
bedroom, kitchen pantry, dining room, medicine room, and study
room. In order to ensure proper medical care, a nurse oversees the
medicine dosing regimen and attends to minor illnesses and
non-emergency first aid details. Because of the immune-suppressed
status of the children, a sterile environment is maintained as much
as possible. AFC ensures that all living arrangements are provided,
including supplying clothing, toiletries, personal items, beds,
bedclothes, transportation costs, school costs and supplies,
medical appointments, and medicines.
Please visit Artists for Charity today to find out how you
can make a difference
AIDS. By the year 2014, however, there will be an estimated 2.5
million.
Currently,organizations designed to care for orphans have reached maximum
capacity, and the pace of their expansion does not match the
increasing demand. In addition, only a small number of these
agencies accept HIV positive children, and even these few have
numerous restrictions (such as age, disability, etc) that limit the
children accepted. Younger children have a much better chance of
being placed in a residence than older ones, and those above the
age of 8 have virtually no chance of being accepted.
While these children have the potential to become functional,
effective members of society, they require additional help in
developing this prospect. With prompt and continuous medical
treatment, proper nutrition, and a sanitary living space, the
lifespan of a child may increase by decades. Lacking the
appropriate treatments, however, many will not even live 3 years
after contracting the virus.
Artists for Charity has willingly accepted the
responsibility of raising HIV positive orphans under the following
criteria:
HIV positive children between the ages of 8 and 15 that have lost
both parents (double orphans).
HIV positive children in extenuating circumstances, such as extreme
impoverishment or abuse (physical, sexual, or mental), regardless
of age.
The AFC Children’s Home is currently comprised of a
single house located in Addis Ababa which serves as a home for 16
children and the AFC administrators. The house includes a dormitory
bedroom, kitchen pantry, dining room, medicine room, and study
room. In order to ensure proper medical care, a nurse oversees the
medicine dosing regimen and attends to minor illnesses and
non-emergency first aid details. Because of the immune-suppressed
status of the children, a sterile environment is maintained as much
as possible. AFC ensures that all living arrangements are provided,
including supplying clothing, toiletries, personal items, beds,
bedclothes, transportation costs, school costs and supplies,
medical appointments, and medicines.
Please visit Artists for Charity today to find out how you
can make a difference
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