Johannesburg — Orphaned babies, many of whom are HIV-positive, are getting more than
basic love and shelter at a home in South Africa's port city of Durban. They
are also receiving the gift of immune-boosting breast milk donated by a
network of mothers in the city.
The mothers voluntarily express the milk their own babies do not need,
and it is then collected and taken to iThembaLethu, meaning "I have a
destiny" in isiZulu, a transitional home for babies who have been orphaned
or abandoned through HIV/AIDS. Not all have the HI virus, but most are very
neglected and malnourished when they arrive.
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