Omnipresence of HIV/AIDS

Throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa, rates HIV/AIDS are extremely high, in some countries affecting one out of every three adults. This disease affects all aspects of life and has severely detrimental effects on community and national development. HIV/AIDS affects youth and the working adult population by hindering peoples’ abilities to earn a living receive an education and care for their families.  Many of the children we encountered in Malawi were “AIDS Orphans”, meaning they’ve had at least one parent die from the disease. Some of these children live with their grandmothers or are cared for by village elders. Others are not so lucky.