AIDS Ravages Honduras...03/27/00
By Charles Savage
 
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras -- On the bright yellow wall inside a small orphanage here is an infant's handprint. It is Kenia's handprint. A nun traced her tiny hand there when she arrived at the Heart of Mercy House in 1998.

Kenia is now two years old. She is so bubbly and enthusiastic the nuns call her the orphanage's ''social director.'' For visitors, she hops up and taps the picture of her hand, even though she cannot read her name above it.

When Kenia dies, a nun will paint a tiny red cross beside the hand. Eleven crosses already adorn the wall. Mercy House is a sanctuary for babies and children with AIDS.

Full Story: http://www.herald.com/content/archive/specialreport/docs/075215.htm

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