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THE IMPACT
OF HIV/AIDS ON AGRICULTURE: FOCUS ON
GWANDA
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Women join hands and provide a pillar of support
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Approximately 8 percent
of children at risk of being orphaned and
displaced by AIDS are themselves
HIV-positive
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Abagalanyi came together as a women's self-help
group in the village of Gwanda to improve the lives of women
in the community. It also takes care of children whose
parents have died of AIDS and the sick by giving them close
emotional support and providing them with the basic
necessities.The women farm their own communal plot. Having
secured a piece of land, they grow tomatoes and potatoes.
But agricultural tools are needed and they have little
option but to sell their vegetables to middlemen at
rock-bottom prices. Nevertheless, the women have added
beekeeping to their range of skills and have plans for
extending the farm and starting up handicraft production
with the aim of making and selling mats and baskets to
finance their good works.
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Women unite
to give support to the sick and needy -- and each
other
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