Name: Syamala Age: 30 Years HIV Status: Positive Syamala is from Kotala; a village 20 km from Tirupati town. She is 30 years old. She married Venkatesh who was a carpenter by profession. One year after the marriage Syamala delivered a child. Though she was not ready for a baby; her husband made the decision …
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Name: Suneetha Age: 26 Years HIV Status: Positive Suneetha’s husband is a flower vendor. She fell in love with him and married him. After one year she gave birth to a female child. It was his second marriage. His first wife died with some unknown disease. He doesn’t know whether it was AIDS. But people …
Name: Aruna Age: 30 Years Village: Pedda Harijanwada Aruna, 30 years, mother of two children used to live with her husband and mother-in- law in the village Pedda Harijanwada. She has no idea about her neighbours, or the dynamics of her village. She managed to do all the housework, while her mother-in-law laboured in the …
Name: Parameswari Age: 25 Years HIV Status: Positive Uday is a young and well-known electrician in his area. He had a lot of friends and is a much sought-after person. He married Parameswari, who was the only daughter and had a brother.The marriage was performed with much pomp and show. Soon they were blessed with …
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Name: Suhasini Age: 20 Years HIV Status: Positive Suhasini’s older brother had settled down in a decent job in a well known temple town and he requested all the family members to come and live with him as he was earning well and was in a position to run and manage the family. Suhasini’s Father …
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Name: Subramanyam Age: 4 Years HIV Status: Positive WINS met Subramanyam when he was a two year old toddler. His father was a tractor driver and mother worked as a domestic help in a local residential colony. Subramanyam was a lean, cranky child. He had a huge tummy. There were fluids oozing from his eyes …
Name: Rani Age: 12 Years HIV Status: Positive Rani’s mother is a member of HIV positive forum for the past six years. Both Rani’s mother and father are HIV positive. Rani has never seen her father being kind to her mother. Her mother was treated as a maid servant by the father and paternal grandmother. …
Name: Gokula Madhu Age: 11 years Mother’s Name –Mallamma Father’s Name-Maddialetti WINS Staff saw a young boy of 11 years, sitting alone in the train, when they were traveling to WINS office at Tirupati. The boy looked very sad, and was standing near the door of the compartment. When enquired he informed that his name …
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Name: Salma Age: 6 Years HIV Status: Positive WINS first met Salma living with her mother in a small hut. They did not have food to eat in their house and Salma and her mother were severely affected by skin diseases which had taken a toll on their self-image. Very soon WINS offered the necessary …
Name: Gangadhar Age: 7 Years Status: Positive Gangadhar is lives in a village called Suryanagar, Anantapur district. He lost his mother eleven months back. His father was not very responsible man. He had married soon after the birth of Gangadhar’s elder sister. He did not even attend his wife’s funeral. Maternal grandparents alone were taking …
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