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Current Feed ContentSWAZILAND: Underpaid and undervalued - caregivers go hungryOverworked and poorly paid, volunteer caregivers in Swaziland struggling to cope with the growing numbers of bedridden patients with HIV, are faced with a hard choice: to quit or go hungry. "I love helping people. It is the first time I have done anything out of the home. I do not do this for money. But I am in need of money to buy food for my children now that my husband has passed on," explained Sipiwe Matsebula, a home-based care worker. The demand for their services is clear: one out of...SWAZILAND: Elderly caregivers get little supportThe widowed Gogo (SiSwati for "granny") Thwala, 72, lives a life that relies heavily on her survival skills as she single-handedly raises three grandchildren, but not a trace of resignation or despair clouds her smile. "Yes, when the Lord took my son and his wife, and I was left with two little girls and a boy to look after, it was hard to go back to work but I am not without my resources!" said Thwala. Her small hillside farm on communal Swazi Nation Land in Elwandle is only five kilometres... |
