Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Aids killed their parents but these sisters in Cambodia fight on

Keeping it together: (l-r) Chan Sok-Chea, Chan Sreyleak, Chan Sopheap and Chan LeaKana
1st December, 2009
metro.co.uk

On World Aids Day, Chief Reporter Aidan Radnedge speaks to four young sisters in Cambodia about their brave struggle to recover from double tragedy.
Sisters are doing it for themselves – in defiance of double tragedy, neighbours’ sneers and the burden of having to grow up far too quickly.
These four girls – the youngest 14, the eldest 20, although still child-like – have endured almost a decade without their parents.
Both mother and father died after being infected with HIV, leaving behind yet another family in Cam-bodia orphaned by Aids.

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