BEIJING, March 6 -- AIDS prevention officials and activists in the Yingzhou District in Fuyang, east China's Anhui Province, say they hope more people will care for orphans of AIDS victims after the AIDS-film "The Blood of the Yingzhou District" won an Oscar at the 79th Academy Awards.

    Directors of the documentary followed Zhang and her colleagues from 2004 to 2005, when they went to visit and help the local AIDS orphans.

    Since its establishment in 2003, Zhang's association has helped over 400 AIDS orphans by raising funds to provide each child with 51 dollars allowance per month, looking for families to adopt them, and organize AIDS prevention campaigns in the local areas.

    In Yingzhou, 615 people are infected with HIV, and 36 children were orphaned by parents who died after contracting HIV after being exposed to tainted blood in a blood-selling scheme, said Xu Zhenghou, the film's director.

    The 39-minute film portrayed the life of Gao Jun, a young HIV-positive boy and other children, who lost their parents to the deadly epidemic and were isolated and shunned by friends and relatives out of ignorance and fear of infection.

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)