How do Christian Aid-supported indigenous ministries address this epidemic?
By Rae Burnett I met 5-year-old Jamoke in Winnie Owiti’s house. She awakened one morning to find him lying naked on the ground outside her front door. She scooped the crying bundle into her arms and kissed the distraught, tear-stained face. Whoever abandoned him must have known of Winnie’s compassionate ministry, Ebenezer Life Center in Kenya, which cares for widows, orphans and abandoned children, many of whom have AIDS. Winnie later discovered that Jamoke was an AIDS orphan and also had the disease. I am glad to have met this precious child, for it showed me first-hand how Christian Aid-supported indigenous ministries address the AIDS epidemic. The spiritual life of those afflicted is of uttermost importance to these ministries.
