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Meet Maria
A Sponsorship Changes Two Lives Before Save the Children outreach workers found Maria, a 10-year-old orphan living with her grandmother in rural Mozambique, she was struggling to survive after her parents died from HIV/AIDs. Maria's severely disabled older sister needs constant care. Her grandmother was worried about Maria's future. Every day, Maria carried the burden of caring and feeding the family. Her plight is highlighted in a recent TV spot called "One". The HIV/AIDS crisis in Mozambique affects 16 percent of all adults. Save the Children raises awareness of preventive health strategies, trains health workers, and provides home-based care for sufferers like Maria's parents.
Save the Children's sponsors make it possible for children like Maria to be cared for, and for thousands of Mozambican children to be fed, educated, and given a future. 
Last updated January 2010 |
Save the Children's health and nutrition programs have directly benefited 50,000 households in Mozambique to date, and our supplemental food programs provide nourishment to orphans and vulnerable children like Maria, her grandmother and her sister.
