A South African official is begging his countrymen to adopt children
who have been orphaned by HIV. About 1.5 million South African
children have lost their parents to the virus, Social Development
Minister Zola Skweyiya says, but in 2007 the number of AIDS orphans
adopted in South Africa fell by 13 percent to 1,900. "South Africa
is facing a challenge of increasing numbers of orphaned children,
abandoned babies, worrying levels of abuse, neglect and exploitation
of children," Skweyiya said. "We encourage South African families to
adopt children and provide them with permanent families and love."
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