By Joshua Chishala | AIDSLink Director
I met Santha in 2008 in a clinic when she was very sick. I began to build a relationship with her and gave her some counselling. 2 days later we went to her home to meet her to see how she was doing. The next day we spent time with her again and that is when she began sharing her story with me. Santha lost her husband when she was 9 months pregnant, expecting a son, who is now 3 years old . During her delivery she came to know that she is HIV positive and her mother-in-law sent her out of the home after the birth of her baby, because of her status. She took her daughter, Sravanthi, who is also HIV positive to the city and worked in different places as a domestic worker and took care of her daughter. Through the help of partners, we have been able to start giving her food, medicine, and helping her with her school fees.
Sravanthi is now in 7th grade and her health is improving every time because of the supplements we are giving her! She doesn’t want to continue her education and she doesn’t want to take medicine regularly. Although Sravanthi is acting like this, the team can see improvement in her health and social life. She was so shy and not very open, but now Sravanthi is able to go to hospital by herself and collect medication for her mother. Sravanthi is able to encourage her mum to come to the support group and receive encouragement and teaching on good health care.
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