106 IPW- watoto children's organisation

2006-07-04T22:02:00.000-07:00

As a form of reminder, if you have not come upon this piece of information yet, you can donate to the Watoto Children's Choir in form of monetory cheques or cash through the girl's brigade. This only applies if you are in Singapore. If you are worldwide, also for singaporeans, donations through credit card can be done through the watoto website, www.watoto.com

2006-06-13T19:54:00.000-07:00

the previous post was a bit long but we hope to give you a detailed understanding of the situation AFRICA is facing now. we will try to work on the comments and make it more enjoyable for viewers. we will also try to not make the post so long and split the information up into different post. hope this method will help in reading. we are still working on some parts of the blog but it will definitely be done soon.

`Watoto Group

2006-06-13T19:43:00.000-07:00

the VICIOUS SPIRAL of AIDS

AIDS will hurt children in a number of ways.

Child mortality will increase, as will malnutrition, illeteracy and child abuse.

The number of children living on the street, fighting in wars, committing violent crime, joining gangs and abusing drugs and alcohol will rise.

More children will die, if not in their early years from HIV, then perhaps from neglect after their mothers' deaths.

Because many people believe that all children born to HIV-positive mothers will inevitably be infected too, many babies will be abandoned.

Relatives sometimes wrongly assume that an orphan is going to die and so don't spend money on medicines for treatable childhood illnesses. A motherless child often has no one to ensure that she receives her inoculations.

Street children are more likely to die young.

AIDS set off a vicious spiral.

As adults die, family grow poorer.

As families grow poorer, children go hungry.

When children are hungry, they grow weak and vulnerable to infectious diseases.

If they inherited HIV from their mothers, this leaves them vulnerable still. Many grow up with stunted bodies and minds.

More children wil drop out of school to care for dying parents, earn a living, do household chores or raise younger siblings.

Missing out on school will make them less employable. It will also leave them ignorant about sex, AIDS and condoms. 20 million people have died of AIDS around the world. At least another 42 million may die of it over the next decade. D:

SO HELP THEM

because the children in africa needs it.

2006-06-05T21:25:00.000-07:00

To help the organisation reach out to more children in need and bring hope to their lifes, you can donate by going to the website www.watoto.com. Or you can enquire through Singapore Girls' Brigade Association. Your kind donation will help many african children, thank you!

`Watoto Group

2006-06-05T21:14:00.000-07:00

"Although Uganda is now more peaceful and less poor, AIDS is killing Ugandans at an alarming rate. People talk about the disease openly because every extended family has now lost someone to it. By 2000, there were nearly two million AIDS orphans. Ugandans are optismistic that their epidemic has peaked because , at last, the number of HIV-positive people appears to be decreasing, in some places by as much as half."

quoted from An Aunt's Story, Kampala, Uganda

`Watoto Group

2006-05-02T05:00:00.000-07:00

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