Real life stories
Positive Today, Hopeful for Tomorrow
BANGKOK, August 2009 – What do 20,000 children living with HIV in Thailand want and need from their government and the rest of society?
Interview: A Thai youth at the International HIV/AIDS conference in Mexico
August 2008 - Nok Noi (‘Little Bird’) is one of 17 Thai young people with HIV involved in art activities organized by the We Understand Group. In August, he traveled to Mexico City to attend the XVII. This article is an excerpt from an interview with him.
Arts helps Thai children heal the wounds of HIV
Chiang Mai, 29 April 2007 - The sound of children shouting “I can do!” echoes loudly inside the theater at Chiang Mai University’s Art Museum. As the lights dim and masks are donned by the children on the stage, they are ready to act out a drama that gives voice to their pain, fears and hopes as children living with HIV/AIDS in Thailand today....
A brush with sadness and hope
Sattahip, Chonburi – April 2007 – The games stop at 10 minutes to 6 p.m. exactly. A whistle blows, and 50 children, ranging in age from 7 to 17, run out of the sea, laughing with their friends as they pick up their towels and shoes....
We are your friends camp
CHIANG MAI, AUGUST 2005 – It’s 6 p.m., and as the sun begins to sink behind the mountains, a bus pulls up outside the hotel. Around 20 teenagers climb out. They look like a group of young people on a school trip – but they’re not. This is an HIV/AIDS...
Faith-based networks spread to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in rural Thailand
CHIANG MAI, July 2005 – Phra Wanchai is a hard-working monk, but that doesn’t mean you’ll find him at the temple he runs in rural Chiang Mai. He’s just as likely to be at one of the up-market shopping complexes in town. Or he could be out with DJs...
Fear and discrimination still make life and study hard for children living with HIV/AIDS in Northern Thailand
CHIANG RAI, July 2005 – Irene is 15 and beautiful. Everyone in her village knows she is, because she won last year’s annual beauty contest. What they don’t know is that she is also HIV-positive...
