*Updated* Positive Care for Kids

In the run up to Christmas the Evening News Campaign Positive Care for Kids is highlighting what it is like for young people who are living with, or affected by HIV.

The following two quotes are from articles run this week, you can click the “read more” button to be taken to the full article.

“when I first started, we ran an arts project where people could paint and decorate their own coffins. It was all about preparing for death.”

It might sound like a horrendously unsympathetic way to deal with the prospect of an impending death, and something that pre-dates the era of grief counselling, but the scenario David Johnson is referring to goes back just 15 years…read more

“I didn’t understand at the time but it had a big effect on my life. When I was 11 my dad got diagnosed with full-blown Aids. I had to look after him and give him his tablets. He had lots of side-effects, he took fits and was violently sick. He would never let me phone the doctor or phone an ambulance because he was scared that they would think he wasn’t able to look after me.” – Lisa…read more

In our previous post, which you can find here, we gave links to previous articles from the campaign as well as the campaign video which was narrated by Waverley Care patron, Shirley Manson.

If you would like to make a donation to the campaign and help us support young people like Lisa and Paul please click here.