Tag: children with HIV

  • Palawi: an NGO for children who are abandoned and HIV-positive

    Palawi: an NGO for children who are abandoned and HIV-positive

    THERE is a remarkable woman named Mangal Shah who is lovingly addressed as Mangaltai and has been on a mission for over two decades to provide abandoned HIV+ orphaned children a second chance at life. Palawi was founded in 2001 and is an NGO for children that was born out of Mangaltai’s determination to right…

  • Most children with HIV are abandoned by their families

    Most children with HIV are abandoned by their families

    KRISH was only eight  when he found out that he was born with HIV. He later learnt that there was no cure for the condition. The stigma attached to children with HIV prevented Krish from disclosing it to anyone and he kept it to himself for over 20 years. While growing up years and into early…