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Playing in the shadow of asbestos mine dumps

Article Tina Weavind - 4 Sep 2014

A ministry is caring for Swazi Aids orphans in the abandoned mining town of Bulembu in northern Swaziland, despite health warnings.

A clear vision of better care

Article Mia Malan - 26 Apr 2012

Cataract operations have been transforming the lives of the elderly who look after children, usually orphaned by HIV/Aids.

SA ‘too much’ for its children

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Oct 2011

Experts are linking the high suicide rate among school pupils in South Africa to the increasing number of orphaned children.

Day 12: HOW TO: foster a child

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Dec 2009

Children are increasingly abandoned or neglected in South Africa. You can foster a child for just two years. Read more about the process.

Day 10: HOW TO: apply for a foster child grant

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Dec 2009

Foster care is a wonderful way to help children in dire straits, if you can't commit to adoption. Find out how you can do it here.

One home, many hopes

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Jun 2008

A former journalist and human rights activist is giving some of Kenya's abandoned girls a second chance at childhood, writes Judy Bryant.

Fees bar African Aids orphans from schools

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Jun 2004

School fees are preventing vast numbers of Aids orphans from getting an education and improving their future prospects, a UN official said.

Plan to empower the poor

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Mar 2001

Jaspreet Kindra The Black Economic Empowerment Commission's final report, which was released last weekend, is intent on uplifting the majority of South Africans...

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