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Rays of Hope for Children Living with HIV/AIDS

Standing behind children living with HIV/AIDS (ADHA) are individuals who have decided to dedicate their lives to these children. They had left behind their normal lives to take on a parental role in caring for and raising ADHA.

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ERWIN EDHI PRASETYA and NIKSON SINAGA
· 4 minutes read
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Children with HIV/AIDS play together on Tuesday (16/7/2019) at the House of Love shelter, run by the Batak Protestant Church in Nainggolan district, Samosir regency, North Sumatra. Children with HIV/AIDS face discrimination at school, in the community and even from relatives. Some children have been turned down from enrolling at public schools.

Standing behind children living with HIV/AIDS (ADHA) are individuals who have decided to dedicate their lives to these children. They had left behind their normal lives to take on a parental role in caring for and raising ADHA.

Islamiyah, 51, a caregiver at the Lentera (lantern) Foundation shelter in Solo, was getting ready to pick up 1-year-old D. from Dr. Moewardi Hospital on Thursday (18/7/2019). D., one of the residents at the Lentera children’s home, had been hospitalized on Saturday (13/7) for vomiting.

Editor:
Nasru Alam Aziz
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