Sokkea added “Previously, I heard the older people said walking over the urine of STI positive persons, touching and have meals together with HIV positive person can affect of transmission to us. These cases made me afraid and strongly believe as I did not get aware of the information and knowledge on HIV at all because we live far away from the crowded town. I impressed very much in getting involving in promoting activities on the awareness of HIV/AIDS, STI and services accessibilities to the communities.”
Sokkea is a network member of one of project target location of Adolescent Reproductive Health. He has gone to the community and talk to his friends and he helped the project a lot as going to the field with project staff to organize the activities. Furthermore, he always attends in the meeting of the project.
He claimed his experiences “Above all, I have educated my aunt who is HIV positive, after she came back from Thailand about 5 to 6 months. She lost all her hopefulness because she knew that she also had other serious diseases due to her shyness. She often felt she wanted to die. Seeing that, I have talked with her by encouraging and counseling her for the services. I told her not worry too much even though she is positive but everyone still like her and all relatives still love her like before. I always encouraged her to think about going to see the doctor and accompany her to accessing the services regularly.
He added more “It was about a months, she looks more energetic and better and she could do some housework since she agreed to meet Dhama Yeatra Organization for medicine and services. She now dares to ask my mother to take a blood test again for being sure at the hospital.”
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3rd August 2009