Tanzania: Surviving at 13 without parents


  1. Mugini Jacob, VoicesofAfrica alumnus in the Mara region, Tanzania
    Mahenye Chenge a standard four pupil at Kiterere primary school is one of the children feeling the pains of HIV/AIDS in rural areas of Northern Tanzania.
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    The 13 years old boy has lost his parents due to HIV/AIDS and is now living with her grandmother in a one-room grass-thatched house.He walks to school without shoe something which exposes his legs into health risks especially when using the school latrines.