Boikarabelo is a rural community located in
Magaliesburg,
South Africa dedicated to helping and providing a home for economic and AIDS orphans and the poor. The site includes an orphanage, school, medical clinic and village. It was founded in 1990. Boikarabelo (formerly Botshabelo Community Development Trust, Magaliesburg) was featured in the documentary film
Angels in the Dust
''Angels in the Dust'' is a 2007 South African documentary film by filmmaker Louise Hogarth. The film follows Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist who leaves behind her life of privilege in Johannesburg to build Boikarabelo, a vill ...
.
Because of the current epidemic of
HIV in South Africa it is home to hundreds of
AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...
and economic orphans.
References
External links
Boikarabelo Website
Orphanages in Africa
HIV/AIDS organizations
Populated places in the Mogale City Local Municipality
{{Gauteng-geo-stub