... a woman comes walking up to us. She's carrying an infant, the child is laughing cheerfully, his eyes are beaming with joy. Carefully, she's holding the child, caressing it, talking to him affectionately. She's not his mother. She's one of the many nurses here at the Mae Tao Clinic. She's a volunteer nurse, working without a salary, only for a place to sleep and some food. She's taking care of the child. Both his mother and father are dead. Both have died from AIDS. The child will die soon, too. Here at the clinic, people are trying to give him a few happy and peaceful last months. They can't do anything more for him...
 

My little brother is sick

... the father ran away, when he learned about his disease. He has died from it in the meantime. The mother has AIDS in the last stadium. So the little sister is taking care of the child. He also has symptoms of the disease. The girl is HIV negative. And will be without any family in a few months ...
 

Survived with 1.6 kilos

... a bed has been left during the night. The one, where a mother with her premature infant had been sleeping. It was born 7 weeks early, weighing only 1 ½ kilos. Even without an incubator, it would have had a good chance to survive. If only they had stayed in the clinic. But the mother changed her mind and took the child with her. This means certain death for the infant. Maybe she wanted to save her child from becoming an AIDS orphan. Her husband died from AIDS and she will follow him soon...