By Rebecca Dias | Project Leader
HIV is not just a medical issue but also a social matter that requires a holistic, community-based response.
Around 70 HIV infected children and their families participated in a special Diwali celebration organized by the SPARSH Hospital and the Outreach team, to help them live a normal life despite being affected by the immunodeficiency virus.
The program began with Health awareness talk followed by a General Health Check-up of the children and their families by physician doctors. Hygiene Health kits and Nutrition kits were distributed to all the children.
Diwali is a festival that signifies Triumph of Light over Darkness. The children were thrilled to partake in the lighting of crackers and serving of snacks to the children and their families.
The children and their families were thankful to The PRIDE India and its well-wishers for such an event as it helps them to realize that even they can lead a normal life. The celebration concluded with the children returning home with happy smiling faces and a pinning hope that the society would change and accept them soon.
By Rebecca Dias | Project Leader
By Rebecca Dias | Project Contributor
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