Archive for November 30th, 2008
World Aids Day: Winning Against HIV Stigma Behind Bars in Kenya
Photo: Eric Kanalstein/UNMIL
A new support group has empowered HIV-positive prisoners (file photo)
NAIROBI, – HIV-positive prisoners in Kenya not only suffer isolation from friends and family, but also within the prison walls.
“Fellow prisoners and warders treat us so uncaringly – they stigmatise us,” said Collins Kiwinda*, a prisoner serving time for robbery with violence [...]
OneWorld’s People of 2008 Finalist: Pamela Adoyo
This is a World AIDS day post.
WASHINGTON, (OneWorld) – Pamela Adoyo stands calmly and resolutely at the epicenter of Kenya’s AIDS epidemic. Her women’s group is helping care for the sick, impede the disease’s spread, and stitch back together a community torn apart by the epidemic.
Her days as a mother, wife, and community organizer stretch [...]
