Life of Afghan Scavenger Children in Pakistan. A qualitative analysis of scavengers' situation in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Memory books, boxes and baskets have been created to provide a place for the tangible pieces of a person's life. Through the collection and discussion of the stories, photos, drawings, souvenirs, body maps, family trees and other mementoes, these memory stores help families address and cope with disease, death and grief, document prematurely shortened family life, plan for children's futures, and reduce the fear that many children have as they consider life without their parents. The increased availability of drugs, and the resultant prolonging of life, may reduce the urgency of memory work as death ceases to be the most pressing concern of people living with HIV. But work with memories will undoubtedly remain a unique way of confronting difficult issues and creating links with the past for children living in uncertain times. Today's emergency Today there are more than 40 million people living with HIV. In 2003, an estimated five million people became infected. Three million people died. These days, 95 per cent of people living with HIV live in developing countries ...»