This short video is of a beautiful Swazi girl who is confined to a wheelchair. We’re not certain of her life circumstances, although there are many children who are victims of terrible physical and sexual abuse. There is a persistent myth throughout southern Africa that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS. The younger the virgin, the more potent the cure. She–like all the other children–came today for food.

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