UNICEF: Cameroon's income generation grant supports mother living with HIV

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/cameroon_51961.html

NORTHERN CAMEROON, 1 December 2009 - Adeles daughter lays buried in a grave in Adeles garden in northern Cameroon. She was the second member of the family that Adele lost to HIV/AIDS related illness. The first was her husband, who died seven years ago and left her struggling to support her 10 children with the income she earned planting cassava.

When Adele found out that she too was living with HIV, she thought her life was over.

But Adeles life slowly started to improve after receiving assistance from a local UNICEF-supported non-governmental organisation, Femmes Pour Christ. She was given a grant of $100 through an income generation project specifically targeting people living with HIV/AIDS.

With this financial assistance I have been able to buy more items to sell and to generate more income to feed my family and send my children to school, Adele says.

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