Being responsible for the lives and money of other people it has systems and procedures to be followed like any huge bureaucratic organisation. Lena took the child in. Her leaders backed her, and that began the major work of the Salvation Army in caring for children with Aids, and linking them to other families. Thea Jarvis had the same idea but a different approach. Weighed down by the thought of thousands of children in orphanages, and having five of her own, she decided to enlarge her family and some of the eight they have adopted are HIV positive.
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Children need champions, and when they are adored they become adorable. More than 100 other families have joined her group in recent years and adopted children. One of her beloved children lay cold and still in the mortuary even as she spoke to us. The Muslim Aids Programme links, through the Islamic Medical Council,with projects in all parts of the country. TALK BACK Have your say Click here.