Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian embassy in Harare provided humanitarian assistance to HIV/AIDS patients at Mashambanzou Msasa Care Trust in Harare, according to an embassy press statement on Friday.
The assistance , especially intended for HIV/AIDS-infected children, was handed over by Mrs. Djoko Sjarijono, wife of the Indonesian ambassador to Zimbabwe.
It was the second food donation provided by the embassy to the patients following the economic crisis hitting Zimbabwe and the cessation of assistance from international organizations to Mashambanzou Care Trust, Mrs. Sjarijono said.
The World Food Program (WFP) had stopped its assistance to the shelter which is accommodating nine children and 20 adults infected with the HIV/AIDS virus, following political turmoil in the African country.
Medicine San Frontier Zimbabwe reported that around 20 percent of Zimbabwe`s 15 million population had contracted HIV/AIDS. (*)
The assistance , especially intended for HIV/AIDS-infected children, was handed over by Mrs. Djoko Sjarijono, wife of the Indonesian ambassador to Zimbabwe.
It was the second food donation provided by the embassy to the patients following the economic crisis hitting Zimbabwe and the cessation of assistance from international organizations to Mashambanzou Care Trust, Mrs. Sjarijono said.
The World Food Program (WFP) had stopped its assistance to the shelter which is accommodating nine children and 20 adults infected with the HIV/AIDS virus, following political turmoil in the African country.
Medicine San Frontier Zimbabwe reported that around 20 percent of Zimbabwe`s 15 million population had contracted HIV/AIDS. (*)
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