Dr. Violet Shadd, Joyce Middleton, Alex and Kim Squires, Suzy Thompson, Carolyn Lefebvre and Mary Tidlund visited the HIV/AIDs Tumaini Children’s Home in November 2008 and had meetings with Osvaldo the manager and Evelyn the health care person. The Tidlund Foundation funds Evelyne's annual salary . We were very impressed at the improvement of the Children’s Home. In 2005 when we initially visited, there were approximately 45 children at the home. Approximately 26 children had died that year. Evelyne was a volunteer and had just started at the Children's' Home to help out. Since then there has been only been a few children die and none in 2007 and 2008. The impact of donating funds for Evelyne's salary, moved Evelyne from a volunteer to a full time salaried employee. The results in the children are indicated shown in the decreased mortality rate. This is mainly due to the distribution and monitoring of daily medication and the health education that Evelyn provides the children with. The responsibility and acceptance that has been given to each of the children to grow and know that they have a disease that needs to be managed and that life goes on, is evident in the attitude of the children. The children are now living their lives fully.

Beautiful Evelyne Convegno Oristano	Evelyne at work