bakunzi says many young women are forced into sex work to survive. he has 16 h.i.v. patnts in this slum community of about 90 families, a community that endures much more. >> they now end up having high issues of drug abuse, and then they are... >> reporter: is there is a big problem with alcoholism? >> yes, yes, there is, because they don't have work to do anywhere. especially men. they say i have gotten this, i hve to drink and forget my problems. >> reporter: his organization, affiliated with the seventh day adventist church, is working to train batwa to farm, corn or maize on this plot, to help them become more self-sufficient. >> yes, th becomes a starting point. at a later time we will be providing also vegetables. then beans, soybean, they do well here. >> reporter: his group rents this land for the batwa, land that was once thickly forested where their ancestors lived until a few decades ago. >> reporter: the irony is not lost on brian atuheire batenda, with the african initiative on food security and environment >> projects such as those are very important.