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Nine-year-old Bongani is the proud monitor of the HIV medications taken by members of his family, which lives in the Freedom Park squatter camp located outside an active gold mine in Rustenburg, South Africa. How did a young boy get this awesome responsibility? Because Bongani himself was the first child to receive antiretroviral treatment through CMMB’s AIDSRelief clinic in Tapologo. Desperately sick when he began treatment, Bongami quickly became well enough to attend school, and has become a diligent monitor of the medications taken by both of his parents. The Tapologo Freedom Park clinic is operated by Bishop Kevin Dowling, who is a courageous advocate for those afflicted by the pandemic. CMMB collaborates with Catholic Relief Services, the University of Maryland Department of Human Virology, Interchurch Medical Assistance and the Futures Group in this effort, which is funded through U.S. President George W. Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

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