Welcome Jimmy to MCCC!

The social impact of AIDS on the Tanzanian community is frighteningly traumatic. The work force of Africa is being dramatically eroded as was made evident in the reports given on World Aids Day (1st December). Kilimanjaro Region is not exempt from the trauma.
Jimmy is six years old. His father died of AIDS. His mother ran away and is most likely dead or dying. His grandmother is his only remaining guardian eight of whose children have all died of AIDS. Two remain, one of whom is mentally disturbed!
Jimmy was wandering the streets of the local destitute camp when a Baptist pastor came across him. Contact with the pastor through our friends the Dodsons brought Jimmy to MCCC.
Jimmy who is HIV negative, has been with us now for just over one month and has settled down reasonably well. He has been attending our own kindergarten school and appears to be a bright young lad. As a result we have sought out a place for him at Eden Garden school. He will need your prayers and much support if he is to succeed in class in Pre-school as from January 2007.
Jimmy will ‘go home’ twice a year to the Baptist pastor and his wife. We really feel for this young boy and appreciate the efforts of the pastor who himself is very poor.
There are still opportunities to sponsor children like Jimmy through the ministry of MCCC.