The difference we make
The year 2002 has very poignant memories for Teen, who was then a nine-year old school girl. That was the year her mother died and she came to live at the House of Grace (a partner of ACET Thailand), a home for children infected or affected by HIV.
Prior to this she rarely saw her dad as he was a soldier and often away on military duty....
“ACET Belarus volunteers have been teaching in our school for a while now. I like the topic of relationships most of all. Just like many other girls I dream about having a family. Unfortunately, I haven’t experienced many examples of successful marriages, but after the lessons The Science of Love and My Soul’s Territory, I started believing...
“My name is Nesta and I live in Bulawayo. I am 27 years old and a mother of two. I used to spend a lot of my time drinking with my friends and that is how I eventually started sex work. In most cases I would meet people who didn’t want to have sex with condoms. I knew little about HIV and I realise now that I believed many myths about the virus...
“I first learned about my HIV status in 2008. I refused to go to the hospital for medication. I could not imagine myself being seen among people living with HIV at the clinic. I imagined that members of my community would see me and I would not be able to bear the shame.”
Elizabeth, like many people in Nigeria, did not know the dangers...