Help provided for children with AIDS

Another group vulnerable to AIDS is children. Most of them acquire the disease through mother-to-child transmission. Some other cases are due to unclean blood transfusions. But no matter how they contract the virus, children need more care and attention from society, since they are too young to defend themselves.

The Chinese government is allocating funds to help, and NGOs around the country are playing their part. Some youngsters are benefiting from this assistance, while more are still waiting.It's a big feast for these young kids And it looks yummy to them.

But, behind the warm smiles and playfulness of these five children, lie the tales of their difficult lives. They are all HIV-positive.

Some had both parents die from AIDS. Others were simply abandoned by their relatives in the streets.