Namibia: Brave orphans carry the burden of HIV-Aids

Eighteen-year-old Mathias Walubita has just returned from writing his Grade 11 exams, but is already preparing for a weekend of hard work. He has to change out of his school uniform into casual wear, before walking eight kilometres to the centre of Katima Mulilo, on an empty stomach. The centre is where he has a weekend job of loading trucks. Tall and shy, Mathias is one of the estimated 82 000 Aids orphans in Namibia.