Nkosi's Haven

Nkosi's Haven

Nkosi's Haven is an orphanage in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded with the aim of looking after mothers and children with HIV/AIDS.

Nkosi's Haven believes in the policy of keeping the mother and child together. It is the belief that no mother should be separated from her child because of HIV-status. The intention is to duplicate this pilot project throughout the country.

Biography -

We are all the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love By Jim Wooten is a book on Nkosi, his birth mother, and his adoptive mother. This book was the winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. ISBN 0-14-303599-1


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