At the moment when the needle was inserted into the blood vessel, Vanessa did not realize that it was not just her blood that was being taken away, but also her dignity and hope.
At the time, pregnant's Vanessa was undergoing routine blood tests at a hospital in Maharashtra, western India. When she learned that she had been tested for HIV-positive antibodies, she stayed and felt like the sky was falling. Despite the fact that she was infected with HIV from her husband, she was evicted from her home to bear all the blame and abuse alone. Worse still, her son was infected.
"I want to kill my son and commit suicide." "After the divorce, Vanessa was in despair," I wanted to get remarried, but I didn't know where to find a partner who was equally infected with AIDS. "After a few years alone, Vanessa found a new life on a website called a" positive companion.
This is a site for people living with HIV to provide free dating and marriage services. "In the darkest hour of my life, it brought me a ray of hope." "Through the" positive partner "website, Vanessa found a man infected with AIDS remarried. Now, three of them are back in their happy normal lives.
Vanessa is a "positive companion" site for more than 5,000 registered users of the ordinary one. They were forced to accept the discrimination and loneliness of sickness and struggle to break free. 2006, Anier Vari founded the "Positive Companion" website, the AIDS-infected people this special group from the edge of the cliff pulled back.
43-Year-old Watts is an Indian government official. Although he works in the Transportation Department, he always makes time to help the isolated and isolated AIDS victims.
Earlier, Vari had helped doctors to test the risk of HIV infection among truck drivers. In the meantime, he contacted a person who is extremely eager to marry Aids. He said that if he could not find a partner who was equally infected with HIV in a short time, he would have to hide her illness from a healthy woman. It made me realize how difficult and necessary it was to find a mate for this group. ”
Vari said that in India, people living with HIV are excluded and even treated humanely, so they need help and support, "if their emotional and physical needs are not met, they may be forced to spread HIV."
According to statistics, the "positive partner" site nearly 2/3 of registered users from rural areas. Given the scarcity of rural networks in India, this ratio is highly unusual. In addition, there are about 250 people who live overseas in India.
In order to bring this group of special seekers together, Stradivarius has held nearly 12 "blind dates" from the pocket. "When they walked into the hall, they were burdened with guilt and despair. "We want to do everything we could to make them leave with love and hope in their hearts," said Watts. ”
"The first blind date was held at a hospital in Solapu, and we prepared a 300-person meal," he said. The result is only 40 people, the extra food can only be divided into the hospital poor patients. Later, along with the NGO cooperation, the situation began to improve, come to a blind date of the AIDS infected slowly more.
The 43-Year-old Lames Deng in the western Indian city of Pune by stepping on a rickshaw. 11 years ago, he was desperate to learn that he had been infected with HIV from his now deceased wife. Until two years ago, he met his present wife at a blind date, a 33-year-old divorced woman, "back to normal marriage, let us regain confidence and fight against the disease."
"My role is similar to a service provider. People get to know their peers through a website or a blind date and then contact them directly. "I said that he did not know how much he had contributed to the" special couple, "but the exact number should be between 200 and 400, depending on the thank-you letter received and the personal information that the user updated on the site.
As for the biggest success to date, it may be that in 2010, 11 couples were holding a collective wedding in Pune.
Today, with the popularity of the site and the number of users gradually increased, many like-minded individuals and organizations to Stradivarius to help the hand. Next, Stradivarius plans to raise more donations to help AIDS orphans, "HIV (HIV), should not hinder people to have the right to dream."