Positive Lives
Asia - India / Orphans of Sangli
Asha Papaso Masal - “No one told me about HIV/AIDS even after my husband died. In 2001 I went to meet a counselor in the village as she was doing an awareness campaign about HIV/AIDS. She told me about the virus and insisted I go for the test. I went with my children and the blood report came back positive. Now I live in my ancestral home with my two children, 5 year old Sachin and 10 year old Priyanka. My elder son Santosh died last month, he was just 7 years old. Here In my ancestral place I have our own farmland where I grow crop to support my family. I will be very happy if there is any drug existing, which could cure the disease”.
Photograph by Nilayan Dutta / Drik.
All photographs have been commissioned by Positive Lives and are shown here with full agreement of the photographer. Full copyright remains with the photographer.
If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org
Please quote the following image reference number if you wish to use or include this image.
NDA-40001020
Asia - India / Orphans of Sangli
Asha Papaso Masal - “No one told me about HIV/AIDS even after my husband died. In 2001 I went to meet a counselor in the village as she was doing an awareness campaign about HIV/AIDS. She told me about the virus and insisted I go for the test. I went with my children and the blood report came back positive. Now I live in my ancestral home with my two children, 5 year old Sachin and 10 year old Priyanka. My elder son Santosh died last month, he was just 7 years old. Here In my ancestral place I have our own farmland where I grow crop to support my family. I will be very happy if there is any drug existing, which could cure the disease”.
Photograph by Nilayan Dutta / Drik.
All photographs have been commissioned by Positive Lives and are shown here with full agreement of the photographer. Full copyright remains with the photographer.
If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org
Please quote the following image reference number if you wish to use or include this image.
NDA-40001020