A children's choir in Uganda that includes many of Josephine's grandchildren. Josephine says frequent malaria is a challenge – they sleep under nets, but it's hard to stay covered. She cares for her grandchildren because three of her daughters died of HIV/AIDS.
{"Image ImageDescription": "Children's choir, which includes many of Josephine's grandchildren, sings during worship service at Buhimba Christian Fellowship, where Josephine and her family attend, and where Arthur is the pastor. He and his congregation learned how to reach out to Josephine after training through World Vision's Channels of Hope program. \r\n\r\nJosephine Bingi, 63, moved to Hoima in 2001 after her separation from her husband, Boniface, who has since passed away. They had been married for 37 years. After the separation, things have been challenging. \u201cIt\u2019s a hard life,\u201d she says. \u201cI have to bear with it.\u201d She says of the children: \u201cThey are orphans. Their fathers and mothers died. They have to be here.\u201d This family\u2019s health is not good. \u201cIt affects us emotionally, physically, psychologically, and socially,\u201d she says. \u201cSometimes I go out of my mind when I see these children. I don\u2019t take them to the hospital. If I go, there is no medicine. Instead, I collect leaves.\u201d Sometimes the children sleep in other people\u2019s homes. \u201cThere\u2019s not enough room,\u201d says Josephine, who suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure. \u201cI can\u2019t afford medicine. I am surviving on prayer.\u201d Malaria is a challenge. \u201cWe sleep under nets but it\u2019s hard to stay covered. They sleep under nets on the floor, but the nets don\u2019t cover them. They get malaria frequently. When they fall sick, there is no medicine.\u201d Three of Josephine\u2019s daughters died of HIV and AIDS. Now she cares for their children, plus another orphan named Elizabeth. The oldest girls struggle in school. Josephine has to make hard choices about how she spends what little income comes from the sale of banana pancakes that she makes on Sundays to sell at church. Grandson Alan does not attend school, but he wants to be a pilot. She doesn\u2019t have enough money for Alan to attend school.\r\n\r\nJosephine's children and current household:\r\n\r\nJosephine Bingi, 63\r\n(Her husband, Boniface Ntazente, died last year of lung disea", "Image Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "Image Model": "NIKON D810", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.5 (Macintosh)", "Image DateTime": "2016:10:28 13:49:46", "Image Artist": "Jon Warren/World Vision", "Image Copyright": "\u00a92016 World Vision, all rights reserved", "Image ExifOffset": "20198", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "300", "Thumbnail YResolution": "300", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "3886", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "16119", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/100", "EXIF FNumber": "16/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "2000", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2016:08:24 10:09:15", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "415241/62500", "EXIF ApertureValue": "209759/62500", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "-1", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "120", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "99", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "16780511/8192", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "16780511/8192", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "3", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CVAPattern": "[2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2]", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "120", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "High gain up", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "3002625", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[70, 200, 14/5, 14/5]", "EXIF LensModel": "70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8"}