Nancy Mwenda, 15, has a brother Gideon Mutembei, 9. She now heads her household after the parents died of AIDS, near Meru, Kenya. 40 of her school's 204 pupils are orphans because of AIDS.

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Nancy Mwenda, 15, has a brother Gideon Mutembei, 9. She heads her household after the parents died of AIDS. Her father's land is now farmed by a neighbour who feeds them sometimes, sometimes they go hungry.

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Location: Meru, Meru County, Kenya
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Keywords: africa, african, aids, children, county, discrimination, education, health, hiv, impact, kenya, meru, orphans, poverty, rejection, sad, sadness, school, social, stigmatization, study, troubled