© Andrea Kuenzig
Sarah, 10 years old, in a quiet moment. Her parents died of AIDS 5 years ago. Although AIDS is omnipresent, people who are affected by it are outcasts like Sarah.
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2010 - Uganda: Child-headed households in Kampala HIV/AIDS has many impacts for children who lost their parents because of this epidemic. The physical and emotional burden on this children is very high. Suddenly they are left alone with no grown-ups to take care of them, many children have smaller siblings who need their attention. And it is not easy to cope with the AIDS-related stigmata, with abuse, discrimination and poverty. There are no statistics to show the number of cild-headed households in Uganda. "The Brave Children of Kampala" shows the everyday struggles of a child-headed family and the neighboring children.

	2010 - Uganda: Child-headed households in Kampala
	HIV/AIDS has many impacts for children who lost their parents because of this epidemic. The physical and emotional burden on this children is very high. Suddenly they are left alone with no grown-ups to take care of them, many children have smaller siblings who need their attention. And it is not easy to cope with the AIDS-related stigmata, with abuse, discrimination and poverty. There are no statistics to show the number of cild-headed households in Uganda. "The Brave Children of Kampala" shows the everyday struggles of a child-headed family and the neighboring children.