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Children of AIDS: Africa´s Orphan Crisis
Emma Guest
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Description for Children of AIDS: Africa´s Orphan Crisis
Paperback. First paperback edition of this acclaimed title. 'This brave and moving book forces us to open our eyes to the full extent of the devastation that AIDS is causing in Africa.' Susan Sarandon Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2; JFSP1; MJCJ2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
This is the new, fully updated, first paperback edition of Emma Guest's acclaimed book that explores how the AIDS crisis has devastated the world's poorest continent, and shows how families, charities and governments are responding to the next wave of the crisis - millions of orphans.
Based on extensive interviews, Guest lets people tell their own stories in their own words. The result is a moving and disturbing account of the experiences of orphans, street children, grandparents, aunts, foster parents, charity and social workers and foreign donors across South Africa, Zambia and Uganda.
This is the new, fully updated, first paperback edition of Emma Guest's acclaimed book that explores how the AIDS crisis has devastated the world's poorest continent, and shows how families, charities and governments are responding to the next wave of the crisis - millions of orphans.
Based on extensive interviews, Guest lets people tell their own stories in their own words. The result is a moving and disturbing account of the experiences of orphans, street children, grandparents, aunts, foster parents, charity and social workers and foreign donors across South Africa, Zambia and Uganda.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745320755
SKU
V9780745320755
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Ref
99-50
About Emma Guest
Emma Guest was communications manager for the Samaritans until she moved to South Africa in 1998. She has since been a freelance writer on AIDS-related matters for companies, charities and the South African government. She is the author of Children of AIDS (Pluto Press, 2003).
Reviews for Children of AIDS: Africa´s Orphan Crisis
'This brave and moving book forces us to open our eyes to the full extent of the devastation that AIDS is causing in Africa'
Susan Sarandon 'An important and timely book on a devastating crisis'
Fergal Keane
Susan Sarandon 'An important and timely book on a devastating crisis'
Fergal Keane