Keep a Child Alive

The plight of AIDS orphans in India is one of immeasurable complexities that destines children to die with the virus left unchecked and untreated. The debilitating stigma that continues to surround HIV in India renders children orphaned by AIDS to be forcefully driven from their villages and left to fend for themselves. In the rural village of Chandrakal, located three hours outside of Hyderabad, Keep a Child Alive partners with an organization called Living India to care for 60 children with HIV/AIDS once abandoned to these horrifying circumstances. Through our support, the children now live in peace and thrive in a beautifully constructed care home where they eat well-balanced meals, go to school for the first time and experience the once seeming impossibility of a normal life. They have transportation, including two 32-seat buses, needed to ease the long, hard journey to Hyderabad every month where they go to receive their life-saving ARV treatment. Most importantly, they have the love of four house parents who nurture and support them, and they have each other. All of these 60 children are brothers and sisters acting as one large family with the chance to be kids, play cricket, football and run around in the rain during a heavy monsoon downpour − just like every other child.

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