Compassion's AIDS Initiative is focused on Africa. Yet HIV and AIDS are also significant threats to children outside of Africa and for that reason Compassion is also conducting HIV/AIDS work in non-African countries.
"Compassion empowered us to address the children's needs in a holistic manner," says Pastor Elijah Kisakye. "It is always my joy when I see that some of the children who looked hopeless are now making a positive contribution to the community."
Fidel rides the bus past the sugarcane fields on his way to college. As he sees workers toiling in the fields, as he did as a child, he is reminded of what life could have held. And he is determined to rescue others from that future.
As an infant, Daniel was diagnosed with flat feet and deformed knees. His bones grew at odd angles. While not life-threatening, his condition worsened over time, until his parents registered him at the Compassion-assisted Caminando Junto con la NiñezStudentCenter (ME-857).
