Hope Family Services

On Wednesday this week we visited another project that AIM are involved in here in Windhoek. It is a combination of a feeding project and a school. There are 450+ children registered at Hope Family Services many of whom have dropped out of or have never been to school. About 70 are known to be HIV+, but there are probably many more who just haven't been tested.

The children were very affectionate, and wanting attention, holding our hands stroking my arms and fascinated with Courtney's hair!

For many of the children this is the only way they get anything to eat...

The idea behind the schooling is that because children who are above a certain age are not allowed to go in to grade 1 they need to be fast tracked so they can enter government schools.