A school for Soweto children whose parents are overwhelmed by disease
Mapetla Care Center
![Children at Soweto's Mapetla Care Center are showered with love by their teachers. Many were left behind when their parents died in South Africa epidemics. (Photo by Darren Taylor)](https://gdb.voanews.com/216e3773-4927-422a-9a03-0f76bfe2c194_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children at Soweto's Mapetla Care Center are showered with love by their teachers. Many were left behind when their parents died in South Africa epidemics. (Photo by Darren Taylor)
!['I like the children like my own children," a teacher says. 'I’m not teaching them; I’m developing them!” she exclaims. “I love them … I like their noises!” (Photo by Darren Taylor)](https://gdb.voanews.com/a94c756b-88e7-4e33-949c-e6fb59d55e08_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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'I like the children like my own children," a teacher says. 'I’m not teaching them; I’m developing them!” she exclaims. “I love them … I like their noises!” (Photo by Darren Taylor)
![Principal Lucky Pekane gives anti-retroviral syrup to an HIV-infected child. Many of her students were orphaned by infectious diseases such as HIV. (Photo by Darren Taylor)](https://gdb.voanews.com/4cdf6f65-8815-4cc9-bb65-2457f1a28c3a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Principal Lucky Pekane gives anti-retroviral syrup to an HIV-infected child. Many of her students were orphaned by infectious diseases such as HIV. (Photo by Darren Taylor)
![In their art, Pekane sees visual hints of problems some of the children experience at home: blood flowing in a red stream from a figure spread-eagled on grass, another holding what looks like a jagged knife. (Photo by Darren Taylor)](https://gdb.voanews.com/4116db6c-1b8a-4775-bdf3-f57727ee7663_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In their art, Pekane sees visual hints of problems some of the children experience at home: blood flowing in a red stream from a figure spread-eagled on grass, another holding what looks like a jagged knife. (Photo by Darren Taylor)