Seen and heard: Children affected by HIV and AIDS
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For too long, the millions of children affected by the HIV epidemic have been seen as statistics detailing numbers of infected infants, abandoned orphans and struggling survivors – but their own voices have not been heard. Their problems and challenges, needs and hopes, have been defined by adults – from parents and doctors to donors and government officials.
In 2008, Health & Development Networks (HDN) set out to help these children to find their voices and to provide them with a platform from which to speak not only in their home countries, but also internationally. Working in collaboration with Irish Aid, the Bernard van Leer Foundation and the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS, HDN initiated Seen and heard: Children affected by HIV and AIDS, a project to increase understanding and awareness of the issues facing these children and ensure that their concerns receive the high-profile attention they deserve.
Keywords: IAC2008, HIV and AIDS, Children
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