A school for Soweto children whose parents are overwhelmed by disease
Mapetla Care Center
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Children at Soweto's Mapetla Care Center are showered with love by their teachers. Many were left behind when their parents died in South Africa epidemics. (Photo by Darren Taylor)
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'I like the children like my own children," a teacher says. 'I’m not teaching them; I’m developing them!” she exclaims. “I love them … I like their noises!” (Photo by Darren Taylor)
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Principal Lucky Pekane gives anti-retroviral syrup to an HIV-infected child. Many of her students were orphaned by infectious diseases such as HIV. (Photo by Darren Taylor)
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In their art, Pekane sees visual hints of problems some of the children experience at home: blood flowing in a red stream from a figure spread-eagled on grass, another holding what looks like a jagged knife. (Photo by Darren Taylor)