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Kenya: Sent to serve

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• 01/12/2010: Africa: The Catholic Church is Africa’s primary care giver for AIDS victims

We present our documentary "Sent to Serve" which gives attention to the great efforts Catholic religious dedicate to the care of AIDS victims in Kenya in East Africa.

Production Date: 2007
Duration: 29

Copyright: CRTN
Language: English, Spanish, French, German
Executive Producer: Mark Riedemann
Director: Agnieszka Dzieduszycka

The Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa have been working in Kenya for more than 80 years. For the last 30 years their primary mission is the fight against the plague of the 20th century - AIDS. Despite the financial restrictions and the lack of government support, the Franciscan Sisters have become leaders in organizing home based medical care, hospices and AIDS awareness educational programs notably the successful Education for Life program. The need continues to be enormous: each day in Kenya, AIDS kills 700 people.