00:00District AIDS Prevention and Control Board is the board which is working in CPR.
00:10It is fully cooperating with Kolhapur's HIV-AIDS program.
00:16It is providing medicines to them.
00:18It is providing medicines to the staff who have been registered from the beginning.
00:26In this way, our work is going on.
00:29In the beginning, if you feel that you are HIV positive,
00:34then you can go to the ICTC, Integrated Counseling Testing Centre
00:38and check the reports.
00:41But if the work does not stop here,
00:43how can a person who is HIV-positive remain HIV-positive all his life?
00:46And if he is HIV-positive,
00:48then he is sent to the ART Centre for medicines.
00:52Today, there are almost 14,000 HIV-positive patients.
00:56We do not call them HIV-positive patients.
00:57We call them clients.
00:59These HIV-positive patients are living a good life by taking medicines.
01:04They are living a life like a patient taking medicines for BP and diabetes.
01:08If you see here,
01:10when the children were young,
01:12there was a time when both the parents were HIV-positive.
01:15When the parents were at home,
01:17they used to bring their children and the children were HIV-positive.
01:19These children are now young.
01:21There are many of them.
01:23We have a project called Veehan.
01:25It is an NGO called NKP Plus in Kolhapur.
01:27It is called Network of Kolhapur People Living with HIV.
01:30We come together and provide them with many types of facilities.
01:33For example, we give them social benefit schemes,
01:36guidance for education,
01:38help,
01:40stigma and discrimination.
01:42If there is discrimination,
01:44we go there and advocate for them,
01:46explain to them.
01:48Today, we have seen that
01:50almost all the children
01:52are getting some sort of education.
01:56I am proud to say that
01:58one of them has become a doctor.
02:00I just remember one case.
02:02She came to me.
02:04I do not take her name.
02:06I call her by a fictional name, Anita.
02:08When Anita came to me,
02:10she was pregnant.
02:12She came with her mother-in-law.
02:14Her child was delivered at that time.
02:17At the time of delivery,
02:19she came to know that she was HIV positive.
02:21Her test results were positive.
02:23She was very sick.
02:25She died.
02:27Her mother-in-law took care of her like a daughter.
02:29She used to take her child and examine her.
02:31Her child was negative.
02:33Her education was only 12th standard.
02:35She used to give 12th standard exams
02:37and got married.
02:39After that,
02:41she tried to commit suicide three times.
02:43At that time,
02:45her counseling was done in a different way.
02:47Her mother-in-law also supported her.
02:49Her mother-in-law also died of cancer.
02:51Because of her support,
02:53she got education after 12th standard.
02:55She got B.Ed and M.Ed.
02:57Today, as a teacher,
02:59she is permanent in the school.
03:01We met her in our program yesterday.
03:03She got married again.
03:05She got married
03:07through our organization.
03:09She is HIV positive.
03:11She has another child.
03:13Her other child is HIV negative.
03:15She is living a good life.
03:17She is very happy now.
03:21Actually,
03:23I got B.M.S.
03:27There are many more examples.
03:29We have a doctor
03:31who got B.M.S.
03:33He is taking further education.
03:35Since childhood,
03:37the society criticized her.
03:39Her parents died young.
03:41Her parents taught her.
03:43Her confidence is like a shield.
03:45We have to be
03:47respectful to the society.
03:49We cry every time.
03:51Even if we are HIV positive,
03:53we have to take medicines.
03:55She got a marriage proposal.
03:57But she gave priority to education.
03:59She gave priority to standing on her own feet.
04:01She got education in this way.
04:03Today, she has become a doctor.
04:05She is taking further education.
04:07What is the purpose of this year?
04:09The theme of this year
04:11is
04:13Take the Right Path.
04:15The person who has to face
04:17discrimination and discrimination,
04:19the society should think about it.
04:21We should help the society.
04:23We should give them strength.
04:25They should not be afraid.
04:27They should try to
04:29maintain their rights.
04:31We are ready to
04:33support them
04:35and give them strength.
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