Brighter future for Ugandan orphans: stories of hope and promise do sometimes surface in a sea of despair. Here, a humble Swiss-African orphanage emerges in the poorest of poor countries, and a few otherwise destitute Ugandan children get a chance at life.

Swiss News › Nbr. 2005, January 2005

Author: Anderson, Robert

Position:: BROAD HORIZONS - Interview

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Brighter future for Ugandan orphans: stories of hope and promise do sometimes surface in a sea of despair. Here, a humble Swiss-African orphanage emerges in the poorest of poor countries, and a few otherwise destitute Ugandan children get a chance at life.

A recent UNICEF report shows that more than half the world's children are suffering extreme deprivation as a result of poverty, war and diseases such as HIV/AIDS--conditions that deny children a childhood. The impact of HIV/AIDS, in particular, on children is manifest in the growing number of AIDS orphans worldwid...

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