Wednesday
7th April 2004
Karnagie
Sharp's diary: Day 5 |
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| Pupils
at Nonhlevu Secondary with Headteacher Mr Naicker and the chairman
of the school's governing body, Mr Nduli. |
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On
Tuesday April 27 South Africa celebrates 10 years of democracy.
BBC Radio Berkshire and six local schools have launched a project
to help provide a congratulatory meal to a deprived school in South
Africa.
Our
reporter Karnagie Sharp is in South Africa to help get the project
off the ground.
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Karnagie
Sharp's diary
Day
5
AIDs in South Africa is a much talked about subject internationally.
It's no secret that this country has one of the highest statistics
in the world when it comes to HIV.
Debates
have been held over the past few years as to how and why the aids
virus has spread so rapidly over the Southern part of the African
continent…
Like most
things, when something is talked about to the point of exhaustion,
people stop listening and thus anything of an unfortunate nature becomes
a way of life.
I am only
human, so I fall into life's familiar rhythms. However when you are
told that children are dying of AIDs, no matter how talked about the
subject matter is, you start to listen all over again, especially
when you are this close to the problem.
Today
the head teacher at Nonhlevu Secondary confirmed that only a few months
ago, one of the children at the school died from the AIDs virus.
Not only
do these children have to deal with poverty but they also have to
deal with a situation they cannot put right or get out of.
What hope
is there to offer these needy children? The school's immediate preventative
methods have been put into place.
The children
receive guidance through sex education and nurses call at the school
offering them advice and try to help these children steer clear away
from casual sex.
These
children have been offered a raw deal when it comes to life, but they
are prepared to fight through this, to try and improve their living
conditions in any which way possible.
How often
do we hear of situations like these in the UK?
Well here,
it's real and the future generation of South Africa have a colossal
task at hand as they welcome ten years of Democracy on the 27th of
April this year.
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