Eboku, 15, and his younger sister don’t live in their home village in Uganda, with their parents. They live in a camp nearby. They're safer there because a rebel group called the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forced them from their homes. The LRA force children to become soldiers.

Eboku’s mum has the virus HIV and has to be looked after by family and friends. His dad died of AIDS when Eboku was only six. 

For many children like Eboku, who haven't got parents, or parents who can work and earn money, life is hard. There isn't money for things like school books or doctors.

But thanks to a partner Christian Aid works with, called Youth with a mission, Eboku can go to school, and his mum gets the medicine she needs to help her live longer.

What's more, he goes to a great club where he can learn more about HIV and AIDS. And he even teaches his mum what he's learnt as well. Eboku’s had to grow up very fast and act like a parent himself.

‘My mother has not had much of an education. Thanks to this club, I can go home and teach her – so she has some information,’ he says. 

Eboku has a great time at the club. It helps children find out the facts about AIDS through drama, singing and dancing.

‘This club has helped me in so many ways,' he says. 'When I think about my situation - my mother, how tired she is, I feel sad, but with the club - when we sing, when we play and dance, my head is clear.’ 

Eboku from Uganda and his sister, outside their home at the camp where they live