Sickness prevents parents from earning money. Consequently, we have seen a steady increase in child malnutrition since 1992. With no money, children also cannot go to school. This is too expensive for people with low incomes, or large families. Teachers are reporting increased problems in school from children who are tired, hungry, distressed or agitated by their home situation, mostly due to HIV and poverty.
Teachers try to help, but have few resources and little time.
HIV and Parents HIV attacks relationships between men and women. The arrival of HIV in a family usually causes tension between husband and wife for the obvious reason that it reveals infidelity. Women know that many married men are unfaithful, but they can't talk or act. They fear that their husbands may beat them, or throw them out, leaving them unable to support themselves or losing their children. There are many women who contract HIV after they know or suspect their husband is infected, as they do not dare to ask their husbands to use condoms or discuss his status.