All of the kids you see, 10 in all, are HIV positive. Nine of the children became HIV positive from their mothers. The other was sexually assaulted.

They are loved without conditions by a couple they call Daddy and Mommy and other volunteers, at a small house in the humid city of Chennai. We were told that it’s possible that the AIDS epidemic in India is equal (if not worse) to the staggering numbers found in Africa. The main difference is that much of India does not report or keep records on HIV/AIDS cases.

Please pray and do what you can.

 

Photos range from the kids at Hope of Glory Foundation, who used to live on the streets, to those who still live on the streets, to some portraits around where I am staying and one (of many) crazy Ricsha rides.

 

I’ll be leaving Pune for Chennai, tomorrow morning. I have images that I really want to show all of you, but I am not being ‘allowed’ to plug in my computer. So I will need to copy some images onto a disc in order to upload them. It’s not a perfect system, but it should work.

I’ve spent most of this week working with/and photographing the street kids and families of Pune. The photos tell the story much better than my writing, so I will do what I can to get some images posted here. The people we are staying with have a home that holds nearly 20 former street kids. All of their stories have broken my heart yet I am so thankful they now have a place to live, eat and go to school.

The kids still on the streets live crazy lives of survival. Some have parents, some don’t.

Yesterday I went into town in a large SUV with Joy, the leader of Hope of Glory Foundation and we piled 29 (or maybe 30) kids in with us. When we returned, a team of YWAMers were waiting to serve the kids. They bathed them, gave them haircuts, and had crafts and plently of food for them. If I said it was amazing, I would be understating the events of the day.

I’ll do what I can to show you photos soon.

Nathan

I’m here. I’m safe. Thanks for reading!