Tokyo scholarship group meets foreign AIDS, earthquake orphans

Tokyo scholarship group meets foreign AIDS, earthquake orphans

TOKYO, Japan - Six Ugandan AIDS orphans attend an international exchange meeting, sponsored by the Ashinaga Scholarship Society, in Tokyo on Aug. 7. Children orphaned by earthquakes in Turkey, El Salvador, India and Taiwan also attended the meeting. The Tokyo-based group supports children orphaned due to accidents or illness.

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