The children that we meet through Pediatric AIDS Canada are an amazing bunch. Brave, welcoming, fun. And sometimes, their stories can just break your heart.
Like little Esther. She was born HIV+. Her mother died of AIDS when she was just a baby. Her father couldn’t face the burden of raising an HIV+ child, so he threw her out with the garbage and left her to die.
Miraculously, someone heard her cries and opened their heart and home to her. Through Pediatric AIDS Canada, she receives an antibiotic that protects HIV+ children against opportunistic infections and delays the need to start ARV therapy.
When the time comes, she will receive ARVs through us as well.
I am so grateful to the woman who rescued this precious little girl and gave her a new life.
