Bantwana Featured on WBUR's Here and Now radio program

February 26, 2010, Boston MA: The Bantwana Initiative's work in Swaziland was highlighted today in a radio interview on WBUR's Here and Now program. In Swaziland, Bantwana is working with schools to provide a range of comprehensive services for children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS. The interview highlights the difficulties poor school children face--particularly in a country like Swaziland which has the highest rate of HIV in the world.

At the end of January, two Swazi teachers engaged in the Bantwana program, Welcome Mkhaliphi and Thulani Tfwala, and Bantwana monitoring and evaluation officer Mavis Vilane, visited Boston to speak about the struggles that young children and adolescents in Swaziland face and how volunteers are dedicating their lives to help these children cope and thrive.

The Bantwana Initiative for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, a program of World Education and John Snow, Inc., helps communities expand and increase the quality of comprehensive services to areas where orphaned and vulnerable children live. Building on effective community practices and cultural traditions, Bantwana helps caregivers and teachers find and create solutions to addressing the complex needs of children living in their midst. Bantwana also links communities with policymakers and government officials to ensure common understanding and joint problem solving about how to support these children. Learn more at www.bantwana.org

Listen to the interview on Here and Now