HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS is a major concern. One in ten of our children have a parent who either has died of or is HIV positive. One of Dr Sowmya's priorities is to test all the children who have been at risk of contracting HIV so they can receive the right drugs and nutrition to fight the virus.
An extract from Jonny Gibb's diary, a SLA volunteer who visited the Tuni Home in 2004, illustrates the devastation the virus causes:
Arwyn Finnie, a SLA volunteer who visited the Tuni Home in 2006 wrote::
In 2011 Dr Sowmya tested 80 of the children at the Light of Love Home and discovered two have the virus. One of the children has since left the Home to live with relatives and the other child is now receiving the required medication.
