I helped develop a plan to support youth living with HIV and would like to see more educational institutions prioritize our needs
In July 2014, in Kenya an HIV-testing and counseling services counselor confirmed that I had HIV, initiating me into a new world of stigma and discrimination. All I could do was accept my diagnosis and live one day at a time, because I thought I could drop dead any day. I was 17, in a boarding school in Africa and I had lots of questions.
Thankfully, I was not alone. I had a friend, Peris, who was in her second year of secondary education and was also living with HIV. We supported each other through the illness in ways my school did not until I successfully sat for my final examinations. After six years of advocacy, I got the opportunity to do more. In 2021, after graduating from secondary school and in my final year in university, I worked with the Global Network of Young People, Y+ Global, which brings together and supports young people living with HIV globally to revise the positive learning guide.
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