Celebrate some very special mothers!

Grace Wambui Kiragi cares for eight orphaned children.

Every day in Africa, despite massive efforts to stem the tide of HIV/AIDS, mothers are still dying of the disease, leaving thousands upon thousands of children to fend for themselves. In the slum community of Kibera, it is estimated there are at least 20,000 orphaned children.

A dying mother’s greatest fear is that her children will be alone, abandoned, hungry, vulnerable to every unscrupulous adult.

Her deepest desire is to know that someone will take care of her children, love them, feed them, guide them and protect them.

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