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Sophia's Choice: determination over despair
Sponsored child Kombo Mketha Hamsi, 8, and his mother Amina, 20, live in Maungu,
Kenya, a town in the World Vision Canada-funded Voi ADP. Located on the Mombasa
Road-a major cross-country trucking route-this community has one of the highest
HIV prevalence rates in Kenya. Amina sustained brain damage during an auto
accident as a child. She is divorced and is supported by her mother, Sophia,
who runs a small roadside restaurant. As Kombo's guardian, Sophia gave written
permission for World Vision to publish the fact that Kombo is HIV+. Kombo is
quite ill and suffers from many HIV-related opportunistic diseases such as
respiratory infections. World Vision is supplying supplementary food for Kombo
each month. World Vision has also constructed a health center in the ADP in
partnership with the community.
