SEARCH UNCOVERS AIDS ORPHANS

A DOOR-to-door search for orphans near White River in Mpumalanga has ended with 254 children being recommended for foster care. The department of social services’ Operation Nakekela (“take care”) focused on Masoyi tribal trust for two weeks after social workers reported that many children were living alone at home after their parents died of diseases like Aids. The operation aimed to identify children who qualified for the government’s Child Support Grant of R340 a month. – African Eye News Service