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AIDS and these orphans were the result of this disaster they are not cared for well and have poor nutrition and clothes, they are also feeling depressed psychologically Women heading households Five More FHH were there but now some widows remarried, and the divorce rate decreased because there are more strong nuclear families. They don’t have a man to plough land, when she hires a man he wouldn’t be loyal and obedient to her, the community respects them, they don’t have social stigma They don’t need anyone to care for them, but neighbours and community members help them in any farm work or other things as they cooperate with the community as well No NGO PLWHAs 1 woman but there are some suspected to hide their status There was no HIV infections before She has no problem as people don’t stigmatize her The family her, and she is not ill and weak so she can also work No NGO Support Households The local family type is a nuclear family structure in which parents and their children reside. However, as parents share their land with their sons, they live almost together. The from the extended type of family is that new couples lead their own life with very limited interference of older generation/parents. It is mentioned that some families have a large size up to 10 children and the smallest family size contains parents and only two children. There are about 5 female headed households in the village. Everyone in Sirba pays tax and therefore 224 hhs pay tax. Landless households are about 6% only, but these people have a house for which they should pay land tax for the space they have occupied when constructing a house. The amount of the tax for the landless is less compared to those who have farmland. There are about 1570 people in Sirba community. There are about 600 young and children who are under 20 and dependent on their parents. There are youth who completed grade 10, college, and some drop outs who are unable to get land or jobs, who still are dependent on their parents, these are about 117, but a few of them have a chance to be employed in the Chinese road construction company. Wider context
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