Health, HIV & AIDS
Tragically, an estimated 5 million people in Asia were living with HIV in 2007. Around 380,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses that year, with the same number newly infected. Countless other health issues from maternity deaths to physical disabilities also affect hundreds of thousands of people each year.
Samaritan’s Purse is caring for the ill and promoting disease prevention through local grassroots organisations and churches. Our experience shows that locals know where the greatest needs are and by equipping them to offer the right health programs and facilities, change can happen…and lives like Nikki’s are changed forever!
“When Nikki first came home to live with us, she was quite ill. She had many of the hallmark symptoms associated with AIDS including diarrhoea, ear infections, nosebleeds, and an enlarged liver and spleen. She also had had a large cyst removed from the side of her head near the temple, so she was almost bald.
“Nikki was brought back to health and back to life with love and good care. She is a beautiful, vivacious child who continues to be a delight to us all. Thank you for your gifts and prayers that enable Samaritan’s Purse to help people like Nikki.”
