Stanley, severely malnourished and HIV +, cannot stand or walk at 2 years old. His face reveals the depth of his misery. Nutritional supplementation can help restore children such as Stanley to health and happiness.

Jane and her baby Patrick are both suffering from severe malnutrition and AIDS. At the age of 2, Patrick cannot even sit up without assistance. His older sister Margaret looks on and wonders what the future holds for her family.

Patrick, in the foreground, is now well and active due to the love, medical care and nutritional supplementation that Upendo Village provides. He is able to attend school and to join his classmates in learning to care for the environment.

Sisters Florence and Agnes care for Sialo during a home visit. She has been bedridden for 3 years, rejected by her family and is being cared for by her 2 children, ages 11 and 13. While the children are in school, Upendo Village staff and volunteers assist her.

In the absence of other caregivers, children have become the sole providers for the needs of their ailing parents. This child brings water for his bedridden mother to take her medications.

Sister Elizabeth, RN examines a pregnant HIV+ patient in our clinic. Provision of antiretroviral medication prior to delivery can lessen the risk of transmission of the AIDS virus to the baby. Unfortunately, many poor women do not have access to this therapy and do not deliver in a hospital.

Providing alternatives to breast milk for HIV+ mothers can greatly reduce the risk of HIV transmission to their infants.

Sister Agnes, RN checks Upendo Village’s pharmacy inventory. Donations for the purchase of medications are crucial for the management and care of our clients.

Upendo Village receives donations of locally grown grains that are included in making a high protein, high calorie and high vitamin nutritional supplement referred to by our staff as the “miracle flour”. This is used to boost our clients’ strength and immunity.

Staff and clients assist in distributing donated vegetables as part of the nutritional supplementation program.

With the availability of well water, a small Upendo Village demonstration garden has been developed. Sister Florence harvests the first cabbages in February 2007. These will be used in the nutritional supplementation program.

Michael and Sister Florence, from the Upendo Village staff, present cabbages to Michael and Zachary. These two boys are now the sole providers for their 3 younger siblings, having lost both of their parents to AIDS.

Jane holds her baby as she prepares a small meal over a smoldering fire in her home. This smoke pollutes the air they breathe.

Rose boils water for drinking in a solar oven. These donations to Upendo Village will reduce the need for smoldering fires in the house and will decrease environmental pollution. Rose proudly displays a cake she has also baked in her solar over. Selling some of her creations will also generate income for her

Naomi (left) and her husband John (second from right) have lost 2 daughters to AIDS. They now care for their orphaned grandson, John, and their last daughter Esther who is also HIV +. Esther died shortly after this picture was taken.