To many people in Uganda, AIDS is
just one of those diseases without a cure. A disease, for which, people have
devised multiple preventive measures. To the people of Rakai, it is that deadly
disease that has brought untold misery. Amidst stinking poverty, the AIDS
epidemic has raged on like a wild bush fire, to the extent of wiping out entire
families. Whole villages have withered from the loss of life; many are now
abandoned. The epidemic’s toll is one that defies comprehension
