Aids Children
Almost six million people are infected with the AIDS virus in India – more than in any other country of the world. The hideous disease is spreading quickly, and in most cases the poorest of the poor are the victims. Socially banned and without medical treatment, these people hardly have a chance to survive. Anf if parents die, their children are left behind as “aids orphans”. The series by our photographer Maciej Dakowicz were taken at an orphanage near the city of Chennai. Many children who live here have lost their parents to the virus and are also HIV positive.