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Support urged for AIDS orphan campaign

    JOHANNESBURG

    An international social justice organisation, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), has launched a campaign to assist children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in the Manica province of Mozambique.

    Research shows that the country is home to an estimated 500,000 maternal AIDS orphans.

    The national director of AFSC's Emergency and Material Assistance Programme, Shahina Malik, said in a statement: "It becomes a responsibility for all of us in the developed world to help build an environment that is conducive to the rehabilitation and development of children affected by this dreaded disease."

    For more information about pledges for the campaign, which runs through 15 March 2004, contact Omar Ibrahem, at 215-241-7023 or log on at: www.afsc.org.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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