The Ugandan grandmothers fostering HIV-orphaned kids

In Kanungu district, western Uganda, where HIV and poverty have left children without parents, a community of grandmothers is reshaping their future one family at a time.

Nyaka Grandmothers Program has empowered over 20,000 grannies to take on the task of raising and nurturing over 80,000 orphaned and vulnerable children.

What started as a small favor 20 years ago, is now a lifechanging community-driven initiative for thousands of…