The upper picture is from St. Aloysius Gonzaga High School, a Jesuit secondary school for AIDS orphans in the largest compound in Africa. They estimate 30,000 students of secondary school age in the Nairobi compound and many of these are single or double orphans. Janet Quillian and I visited the school in February of this past year. The school is serving over 300 students and they hope to expand. The school is based on the Christo Rey model, which places students with employers who help pay the cost of education and provide the students with work experience.
The second picture is from Ndola, Zambia and reflects the work of CRS and the Diocese of Ndola in home-based health care. The young woman is an orphan caring for four sibilings. The two women on the outside are volunteers who visit the orphan's homes. The woman in the center is the social worker in charge of the project. Poverty is a challenge in the compounds for many people live hand to mouth with little ability to look to the future.
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