约翰内斯堡,豪登省 南非 |
Montgomery Park | 西园公墓Cotlands纪念墙 |
自 1 December 1997 未知 |
Cotlands Memorial Wall & Nkosi Johnson
Yesterday, I was taken to see the Cotlands Memorial Wall in Johannesburg's Westpark Cemetery. The wall was erected on International AIDS Day, December 1, 2001 to memorialize the children in Cotlands' care who have died from AIDS. During the period between 1996 and 2004, before Cotlands was able to introduce ARVs (Antiretroviral treatments), between 3 and 6 children died each month (51 in 2002); there were only 8 deaths in 2005, and even fewer in recent years. Since 2001, two more walls have been added to the first memorial wall to house the ashes of deceased children, most of whom were orphans or had no family burial place. I think there were 15-25 plaques on each side of each wall, with the years 1999-2001 each using up an entire side.
Photos (C) Susan E. Hawes Blogger
30 July 2008
Susan E. Hawes, Conway, MA, USA
Yesterday, I was taken to see the Cotlands Memorial Wall in Johannesburg's Westpark Cemetery. The wall was erected on International AIDS Day, December 1, 2001 to memorialize the children in Cotlands' care who have died from AIDS. During the period between 1996 and 2004, before Cotlands was able to introduce ARVs (Antiretroviral treatments), between 3 and 6 children died each month (51 in 2002); there were only 8 deaths in 2005, and even fewer in recent years. Since 2001, two more walls have been added to the first memorial wall to house the ashes of deceased children, most of whom were orphans or had no family burial place. I think there were 15-25 plaques on each side of each wall, with the years 1999-2001 each using up an entire side.
Photos (C) Susan E. Hawes Blogger
30 July 2008
Susan E. Hawes, Conway, MA, USA