Category: around the web

Youngvoices aloud n’ Allowed: Doreen’s Voice

Posted on by Ameaka Fatima in advocacy, around the web, Health, Uncategorized

We are still facing the consequences of how HIV was first handled. I have reactions like HIV is not a big deal. But if it wasn't a big deal, we wouldn't still be talking about it. Now we have generations of people who have to unlearn information about HIV. That's why a campaign like this is important. Living with HIV is a rollercoaster. Life does not spare you because you are living with HIV. We spend our lives asking people to love us the way we are when we can't do the same for ourselves. Doreen

YOUNGVOICES Aloud n Allowed: HABIBA’S VOICE

Posted on by zaonessa in advocacy, around the web, Health, Uncategorized

When it comes to HIV, I think most people have information about the transmission of HIV; however, when it comes to living with HIV and living with people living with HIV, we still have a challenge and stigma sets in. There is still a lot of fear, so much so that people living with HIV hide their statuses, and when family members find out, they are stigmatized. Even though people claim to know about HIV and do their tests regularly, they still have little or no idea how to help those infected.' Habiba

YOUNGVOICES Aloud n’ AlLOWED: J.K’s Story of living with HIV

Posted on by Ameaka Fatima in advocacy, around the web, Mental Health, Self Confidence

I grew up with my grandma because my mother and father separated when I was about two months old. I grew up without a close relationship with my mom up till today. I was just with my grandma and my dad. Things changed when I was in class 6, and my dad became abusive and would beat me when he came home drunk. Life wasn’t easy after that. The year I found out I was HIV positive in Form One was the same year my dad sexually violated me. I don’t know why he did that; he was in a lot of pain while I was growing up. I’m J.K, an 18-year-old girl from Kenya, and this is my story.

YOUNG VOICES ALOud n’ Allowed: M’s Story

Posted on by Ameaka Fatima in advocacy, around the web, Mental Health, Self Confidence, Self Discovery, Uncategorized

When I was 16, I started showing symptoms of Tuberculosis. When we went to the hospital to run some tests, we discovered I had both TB and HIV. It hurt. My first reaction was to cry. And the first question I asked the doctor was, “What will others say of me? Where am I going to say I got this?”