Woman's Guild should build on its compassion to address policy gaps

Rev. Edward Buri. 

At the height of the Aids scourge – when contracting it meant death - a group of church women were moved by the suffering of the children left behind. Infected and orphaned, the children were immersed in suffering for no fault of their own. With no cure for the disease, it was just a matter of time before they too joined their parents – in the grave.

This group of women approached the church leadership for consent to take in these Aids orphans, and give them a home and care. With stigma at its peak, some felt that hospitals were best placed to take care of sickly children.