AIDS Orphans Rising: What You Should Know and What You Can Do to Help Them Succeed (Hardcover)

from mom2lnb

I received a copy of AIDS Orphans Rising from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program quite a while ago and had never gotten around to reading it until recently. I believe that perhaps I was expecting more from this book and in the end felt somewhat let down. I thought that it might have more pe...

from mom2lnb

I received a copy of AIDS Orphans Rising from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program quite a while ago and had never gotten around to reading it until recently. I believe that perhaps I was expecting more from this book and in the end felt somewhat let down. I thought that it might have more pe...

from hsl2000

Sister Lloyd clearly has a heart for the many children she and her organization are helping, but this book is not a good witness to their work. It reads much more like an extended promotional or fund-raising piece, with lots of statistics. However, there is too much repetition and poor organizati...

from chgstrom

This book gives many facts, statistics, and anecdotes about the plight of AIDS Orphans. It talks about Child Headed Households (CHH), and what they are doing to survive. The book doesn't claim to have all the answers, but gives suggested solutions, knowing that the same solution won't work for ev...

from AmericasEditor

This book provides concise information on children in Africa who have lost their parents to AIDS. It does not present the orphans as helpless victims but rather explains what their options are, how they survive, and what can be done to help them. This book was written with compassion and determin...