In pictures: South African mothers with cameras

Fifteen HIV-positive mothers and mothers-to-be, living in townships around Cape Town, were given cameras to illustrate their lives.

The photographs, some seen here, provide a mother’s view of the impact of Aids on their community.

Many of the women chose to fight the stigma by coming out about their status and educating other pregnant women in the hope of preventing mother-to-child transmission.

The project is called The House is Small But the Welcome is Big.