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Khombole clinic

Khombole clinic

The rudimentary hospital rooms at the Khombole clinic


The tents at the testing site

The tents at the testing site

Villagers, who'd been waiting for hours in the dust and heat, asking questions of the SWAA staff


The women of Touba-Toul

The women of Touba-Toul

Listening to the HIV test pitch, some of Touba-Toul's women, clad in their boubous


Touba-Toul

Touba-Toul

The baobab tree and some of the villagers


Touba-Toul

Touba-Toul

One of the curious (but slightly wary) kids I encountered at the clinic


Touba-Toul

Touba-Toul

HIV testing in action.


Touba-Toul

Touba-Toul

A woman who'd come in for the HIV test. She (and her baby) kept me company for much of the afternoon.


Touba-Toul

Touba-Toul

One of the kids at the clinic, who frankly wasn't all that sure what to make of me.


JAMRA

JAMRA

Outside the JAMRA headquarters and Koranic school, where staffers offer breakfast each morning to orphans and street kids, and talk to them about health issues (including HIV) and education.


JAMRA

JAMRA

Children at the JAMRA school waiting for lessons to begin