December 2011
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A Miracle of what Nutrition can do for a poor HIV...
We have been meeting patients from Alive Medical Services, Uganda, these past few weeks to introduce to our KCA supporters who they are helping to feed with our Feed a Family campaign.
Supported by our treatment and nutrition programs, we’d love for you to meet Nanteza Maimuna and her 2 children Sseera Fatuma, 6 years old and Sowali Musisis, 4 years old.
Maimuna lost her husband to HIV and...
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Janet and daughter Lucy at Alive Medical Services
Meet Janet, 36 years old and her daughter, Lucy who is 12 months old, both on AIDS treatment and receive the nutritional program at Alive Medical Services.
They are both newly diagnosed with HIV and mother Janet was referred to Alive Medical Services on the 14th September 2011 and is now in care. Janet, a peasant from the eastern part of Uganda, is a 4 hour drive from Kampala where Alive...
Meet Teddy who is ALIVE because of AMS in Uganda
Teddy is a 65 year old widow who lives in the neighboring slums a few meters away from Alive Medical Services (AMS) in Kampala, Uganda. She came to AMS in 2008 with full blown AIDS and is currently under comprehensive HIV and AIDS treatment and care.
Our nutrition program provides Teddy, one of many grandmothers, food for her and her 11 orphaned grandchildren. Not only is Teddy a widow at 65,...
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Julie's INSPIRE Paintings to benefit Keep a Child...
Julie Weaverling, chose to support Keep a Child Alive’s work through her creative passion. Julie creates contemporary paintings and mixed media pieces using encaustic, oil & wax and acrylic paint as well as Joomchi, a Korean art form. Beginning with a thought or idea, the artist’s inspirations are endless. Generally abstract, Julie’s work includes 2D works and...