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My lovely people, how are you? It has been a while, but I have not forgotten any of you. Many of you remember where I spent World AIDS Day last year and the excitement I felt watching the young talents of Gihanga during the 5th edition of the Gihanga Talent … Read more United through art: Celebrating Gihanga’s 6th talent show

Today I am sharing something close to my heart: the story of my son, Rio Mutoni. When I was diagnosed with HIV, doctors told me I couldn’t have children. But I refused to accept that. So, thanks to antiretroviral treatment, I gave birth to Rio – HIV-negative, healthy, and full … Read more When dreams come true

Nelson Mandela once said “Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.” This is the heartbeat of Stories of Hope, an initiative launched in 2021 and dedicated to all courageous Heroes of Hope sharing their talent to break HIV stigma and discrimination. In … Read more Mandela Day, Adriana’s Way – art for change

Last night, the Amsterdam Dinner Event once again proved its power as the Netherlands’ largest annual fundraiser for innovative, life-saving HIV initiatives. This year’s focus, PrEP access, could not have been more urgent. The commitment to funding PrEP for young women and girls in Kenya and strengthening prevention here in … Read more Beyond dinner talk: Advancing PrEP access

Dear HIV community, how have you been? I was honoured to speak at the second European LGBTQI+ Health Conference in Brussels—a vibrant gathering of activists, healthcare professionals, researchers, community organizations, and affected individuals from across Europe. The event was filled with incredible discussions, inspiring stories, and groundbreaking initiatives. Here are … Read more LGBTQI+ health matters: A journey of advocacy and action

Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day with a very interesting theme: ”Accelerate Action”. Worldwide, strong women are working hard to ensure their fundamental needs and rights are being met in their communities. Accelerating action is about their fight to remove systemic barriers and inequalities that prevent them from claiming … Read more Women of Hope accelerating action

My lovely people, Nelson Mandela once said “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up”. I continue to dream of a World free of Stigma and I know that soon this dream will come true for me to be a winner. But I am not the only one having … Read more Hero of Hope – Zang Choi

My lovely people, you may wonder how I spend my World AIDS Day. Although on the first of December I was in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, with the PrEpNu outreach team to share information about PrEP at an LGBTQIA+ refugee event organised by COC the Netherlands, my heart was full of … Read more Young talents breaking HIV stigma

My lovely people, how have you been? These days it feels very fashionable to talk about equality in HIV action in many parts of the world, including the Netherland. Lately I have been wondering if people, especially our HIV allies, understand what equality means to people living with HIV with … Read more Equality in HIV response

Did you know that 21-27 October is PrEP awareness week? We all know that PrEP is an important way to prevent HIV, but did you know that PrEP is for all ages? Whether you’re younger or older, single or partnered, career-focused or retired, exploring your sexuality, or simply enjoying sexual … Read more PrEP awareness week

As many of you know, I always like to show my passion of fighting HIV stigma through many different talents. On the 13th of september it was time for me to express myself as a HIV artivist as I was invited to join a very special celebration of ‘Projekt Afrikaherz’ … Read more Connected communities

My lovely people, I promised to share my learning from AIDS 2024 in Munich with you. The two days I spent at the Global Village were quite fruitful as an activist. I decided to go where the noise is this time as it keeps me alive, being together with HIV … Read more Lead the noise

Since last year’s Mandela day, which is always on the 18th of July, STORIES OF HOPE includes portraits about our dear allies of PLWH in recognition of their contribution to ending HIV and AIDS. In August 2023, Jennifer Hopelezz, a truly remarkable HIV drag activist and ally, was induced into … Read more Growing stronger together

My lovely people, how have you been? I have been visiting Japan and Korea over the past 5 weeks. That is why you haven’t heard from me. I would like to share my learning from those two countries. Whether I go on holidays or to conferences in other countries, I … Read more The journey to end HIV and AIDS

Travelling is always exciting until you remember what has to be done before leaving your home! My lovely people, in your life there are always moments you need to travel from your home, whether this is for family visits, holidays or work related. We are all travellers. We do not … Read more Me and my meds

My lovely people how have you been? I was visiting my beloved country in January and part of February this year. While visiting many places and interacting with many people, I realized the incredibly important place that women have in Burundian society. We contribute so much to society; Early morning, … Read more Invest in women

My lovely people, The talk of ending HIV and AIDS has been going for ages, are we really going to end HIV and AIDS by 2030? To answer this question, we must ask ourselves what actions do we take in our HIV community to put people first? And more importantly, … Read more Put women first!

My lovey people, Many of you know that I love writing poems and that I have posted a whole series of them over time. Getting closer to 2024 is a great moment to use a poem to reflect and to compliment ourselves on our fight to end HIV stigma and … Read more Heart

Today is World AIDS Day and the theme is “Let communities Lead”. We have been facing HIV stigma over the past 40 years. While nowadays in many parts of the world people living with HIV can live a healthy and long life as long as they access good health services. … Read more World AIDS day 2023

Hello my lovely people, Today we are celebrating World AIDS day. Being part of the HIV community I try to contribute in as many ways as possible to fight HIV stigma and discrimination. So as HIV Stigmafighter you can see me connecting and speaking up digitally and physically, globally and … Read more With us NOW!

My lovely people, Have you ever had a dilemma where you had to choose between what is best for you as a person or for us a HIV community? Last week I had to make such a choice. While getting ready for the 19th European AIDS Clinicians Society (EACS) between … Read more Positive power

My lovely people, these past few days I have been very proactive and this is really boosting my confidence and energy as well. Last weekend I was invited to give a THRIVE workshop during the 4th National HIV positive Day, an initiative by Utopia_BXL, which aims to bring together the … Read more A vivacious HIV community

My lovely people, in many cities all over the world we celebrate Pride in August. Pride is an important moment for the LGBTQIA+ Community to express themselves. Thanks to an invitation from Sensoa Belgium, I was happily part of Antwerp Pride and contribute to their campaign Is PrEP iets voor … Read more Can we be brave together?

Hello my lovely people. Some of us are always counting their age, forgetting to do the things that make them happy. Remember, there is no such thing as putting your life on hold, because we are all ageing, every day! This may sound weird, but I am always looking forward … Read more THRIVE

The burden of the hiv epidemic has never only been carried by the nearly 85 million people infected by HIV since the beginning of the epidemic. The pain, loss and grief of dealing with and our fight against the HIV epidemic is shared by so many more; Orphans of parents … Read more Our HIV community

Many people know me as a person living with HIV. So when I talk about my long-term fight with diabetes, they get surprised and often ask “Oh do you have a diabetes too?” Double trouble, that’s what I call it. In my memory the symptoms of high blood sugar levels … Read more My sinful joy

Hello my lovely people. It’s always a pleasure to share with you the stories that inspired you and the World. This time we are going to talk about Drag. While a lot of you may have heard of drag and drag queens as performance arts, many of you may not … Read more Dragtivism

Hello lovely people, March is always exciting for us women because is the one day in a year where women are given more attention because of International Women’s Day which is always celebrated on 8 March. This year’s focus is on achieving gender equality and empowerment of women and girls … Read more Power women

My lovely people, today I want to share my opinion on PrEP( Pre Exposure Prophylaxis). I know that PrEP is a pill that prevents a person from getting HIV infection. PrEP is scientificaly proven to be effective for women. How are we doing in the Netherlands when it comes to … Read more PrEP diversity

My lovely people , January is my favourite month. Not only because it is the beginning of a New year where we can start afresh, we also still have the whole year ahead to work on whatever we set our mind to. We definitely started afresh as on the  4th … Read more Golden goal

My lovely people, a lot of good things have happened these past days in Gihanga! To celebrate World Aids Day 2022, Inyambo Stars together with RBP+ (an association of People living with HIV) organized the “Stop HIV stigma show” in the commune of Gihanga on the 3rd of December. I … Read more Equalize!

After five years absence, this year I was finally able to visit my Motherland Burundi again. My big dream was to rejoin the school children, parents and teachers in my village Murira, part of the commune of Gihanga . I really wanted to check how the primary school children are … Read more Children are the future

Each year during the first weekend of September the Airborne March, commemorating the 1944 battle of Arnhem, is organised in Oosterbeek. I did this beautiful walk for the first time in 2019, just before the corona pandemic. This year, my wish to walk once again with my neighbour and friend, … Read more Unity

I was honoured to be selected by IAS to participate at the 24th International AIDS Conference. AIDS2022 took in place in Montreal between 27 July and 2 August. Let me first of all state that everyone, including me, was so disappointed that so many participants where denied visa by the … Read more Share talent, break HIV stigma 

Today we are celebrating one year Stories of Hope! And we have achieved so much since our official launch on 18 July 2021, Mandela Day. Early last year, we started Stories of Hope with two Heroes, and since then our community has grown to eleven Heroes already! You may remember … Read more Ambassador of Hope

This weekend I was invited by Brandon O’Dell, director of the Amsterdam Dinner Foundation to celebrate 30 (!) years of support to the HIV community. And what a fantastic evening I had, together with the other 1,100 people supporting our common cause, to realise a world without HIV and AIDS. … Read more Celebrate life

My lovely people, have I already told you how glad I am to be open about my status? I get to know more and more fabulous people in our HIV community wherever I go. And I love the way my HIV community keeps on growing. When we fight HIV stigma … Read more One big HIV family

We proudly announce that Stories of Hope will be part of the Global Village at AIDS2022 in Montreal, Canada, which will be held between 29 July and 02 August 2022. So, nearly one year after our launch, succesfully collecting and showcasing the stories of 11 Heroes and distributing exclusive Stories … Read more Going global at AIDS2022

Being open on social media and helping different individuals can be quite a challenge sometimes. Recently I was approached by a man for information about HIV diagnosis. He claimed to know his HIV status and apparently he was exposed during sex without condom. As he knew his status (negative), he … Read more My wonder woman

Today we celebrate International women’s Day. As women, how are we doing? How well are we in seizing power in a male-dominated World? Maya ANGELOU once said:” My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor … Read more Precious Powerwoman

My lovely people, February is called by many Valentine’s month. It is considered a romantic month, and for me it is also called birthday month as it is my lovely husband’s birthday on Valentine’s day. This month we chose to celebrate his 51st birthday in Rome. Why Rome? I grew … Read more How to build confidence in a day

This month I had the opportunity to participate in the ‘Stories from HIV Long-Term Thrivers’ forum where I gave a spoken word performance alongside an amazing and inspiring panel. The forum was organized by ViiV healthcare. How did I give this spoken word performance? I decided to share my 5 … Read more FIVE ways to THRIVE

On Saturday 4 December 2021, I helped Inyambo STARS to organise a local event to celebrate World AIDS Day. This was a day to show their community why they are true talents, showing their fashion skills AND committed to helping their community, especially supporting vulnerable people living with HIV in … Read more Inyambo STARS on WAD2021

It’s world AIDS day and, although AIDS continues to kill people and people living with hiv/ AIDS continue to face inequalities, there is a growing number of stories of hope. This week I met two more people cured of HIV. While they highlighted how they experienced love from others whilst … Read more World AIDS day 2021

My birthday month, November, had a great start by doing what I like most, giving my HIV activism a boost. Between 4-7 November I was in Istanbul for a face-to-face ‘Skills Training to Empower Patients’ (STEP-UP) and networking weekend organized by the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) Training Academy. After … Read more A bouquet of problems

This month Akira, my youngest son of 13 years old, and I travelled to Antwerp for a filmshoot for the ‘Undetectable equals Untransmittable’ (U=U) campaign in Belgium. Whilst in the train towards Antwerp I asked how he felt to be part of this campaign, since this was not his first … Read more My sleepy dragon

Every year on the 10th of October, World Mental Health Day is recognised. It is a chance to talk about mental health in general, how we need to look after it, and how important it is to talk about things and get help if you are struggling. Today we are highlighting … Read more World Mental Health Day

As a woman and mother living with HIV how do I see ageing? A lot of people are afraid of ageing, yet for me it is a very exciting journey and I am actually looking forward to getting older! So, let me share with you why I see ageing in … Read more Ageing positively

Whilst we are nearing the end of a rainy summer, I would like to reflect on my summer time. It was actually very enjoyable no matter how I look at it! It started excellent by hearing news from my diabetes doctor that I was allowed to stop 3 more pills … Read more Memorable summer of 2021

As an African artist living with HIV in the Netherlands for more than 15 years now, I continue to experience a lot of stigma and discrimination based on me being open about my HIV and my beautiful colour. I realized that for many people with a migrant background stigma is … Read more My Heroes of Hope

Today, Mandela Day 2021, we proudly present our very first eight Stories of Hope! Since we started to work with our Heroes in April this year, we collected stories related to HIV, depression and vitiligo. Our aim is to grow Stories of Hope into a platform where people facing stigma … Read more Meet our Heroes!

My lovely people, can you explain to me why white people coming to Africa are quickly called “experts”, but people of African descent in Europe are often called “refugees, migrants, or illegals”? After I married my husband, in the different countries in Africa we lived in I became the “expert’s … Read more Talented migrant

We will be going live officially on 18 July 2021. Visit Stories of Hope! Peace, Eliane

In May 2014 I finally told my secret; I published a note called ”The Hidden truth” on facebook to inform everyone about my HIV. I had been thinking about coming out of the closet for many years and that day I was ready to share my reality and prepared to … Read more I want the world to know

Hello my lovely people. It is always great to have something to keep you positively busy during these strange Covid times. So I am very excited to share a new initiative called stories of hope with you. I will be leading this for the coming 4 months. Just a little … Read more I AM… OPEN

To my beloved women worldwide, Why do many of us still underestimate the value we bring, why do we struggle to embrace our unique feminine leadership strengths, and why do we remain silent and let our rights be violated? You are born with superpowers, let your abilities and achievements speak for themselves. Stand up now, start owning our power. Challenge other women when … Read more Strike a pose for a gender equal world

You may wonder why I chose this title? And why I believe this will be my 2021 slogan? As I shared in roller coaster, as a long term diabetes survivor, I have been dealing with many health challenges alongside HIV during the difficult year 2020. Most of that year I … Read more Healthy New Me

My dear lovely people living with HIV, I am not sure if we all know what U=U means. If not, I am always glad to explain it once again as it is really important to know U=U and how it can help to break the HIV stigma. If you have … Read more U=U life coach

Dear lovely people, How are you? Getting ready for the festive season? We know that Christmas is a time for joy, to remember the past and find hope for the future. To me there is no better way to express my feelings through this special card to all of you: This year was tough for everyone, we can all agree to … Read more The fight against HIV stigma continues

Last Saturday 5 December I organised the “Stop HIV stigma Show” in my hometown, Gihanga, Burundi. I believe that by organising these type of events that one day my dream will come true: To defeat HIV stigma in our community! Here you find an impression of this beautiful day. Pictures … Read more Photo impression – Stop HIV stigma Show

It is 1 December, WORLD AIDS DAY, and this year’s theme is “Global solidarity, resilient services”. The world has known a rough year because of covid-19. And this has sometimes made us forget about the fight to end HIV and AIDS by 2030. I would like to take this moment … Read more Let’s get back on track!

I am born dark brown although many people prefer to call my colour black. OK, then I am black! Do you have a problem with that?  It’s shocking how ignorant people remain about racism! In a week I experienced two cases, and I will share the most bizarre example here … Read more You people

This week I ‘hacked’ the #hiv2020online instagram account for 24 hours. I decided to share my 18 years journey of living with HIV in 18 posts on their storyline. Here you see 2 of them and soon you will see more. Using the power of Instagram, I shared 18 pictures … Read more 18 years in 18 moments

Dear specialists of all my fabulous diseases, My life has been quite a roller-coaster the past weeks, so in this blog I would like to express myself and share what I have learned. The problem started 5 years ago when I developed pain in my chest and I was given … Read more Rollercoaster

Dear person living or affected by HIV and AIDS, It has been while and I would like to check on how you have been doing. It says that Life is like a disco ball, no matter how the music changes, you just keep on dancing. Life during the Corona era … Read more The living beauty flower

Hello Community Reclaiming The Response, Yesterday the online HIV 2020 conference officially started. The past few weeks I have been working really hard with a dedicated group of people on my art performance which went live online today. As you know, I was invited to show this in Mexico, but … Read more HIV 2020 Conference

As an African woman, having a white Dutch husband and mixed kids, I want to share my experience towards Black Lives Matter. In 13 years in the Netherlands, I have come across many facets of discrimination. I mostly talk about issues relation to HIV stigma and discrimination, but today I … Read more (C)overt discrimation?

Before we even heard of COVID-19, people living with HIV or AIDS were already facing stigma and discrimination as I experienced and shared with you regularly with healthcare providers throughout the years. Many more people started facing stigma when COVID-19 came along in many ways, and this made things for … Read more Stigma at times of COVID-19

Dear HIV Vereniging, Today you exists 30 years. I have had the pleasure to work with you on many projects and campaigns over the past years. I hope that during the years to come we will be able to keep on fighting HIV Stigma together. Keep up the good work! … Read more HIV Vereniging 30 years

Today I was invited to celebrate International Women’s Day in Culemborg. Foundation Intercultureel Vrouwen Culemborg (DIVC) organized a party with the theme ”Freedom”. The event started at 13h with a speech from the municipal councillor of culture. Then a poem read by a poet from Culemborg. Throughout the programme there … Read more International Women’s day: Challenging HIV stigma

For being a warrior there is no need to be in a war of guns and fight until you win. I have been in many different wars with and without gunfire. I am still fighting one long war, which I call the “STIGMA WAR”. I am a warrior in the … Read more A true warrior

I would like to share an article (in Dutch) published on 9 Jaunary in the magazine Hello Gorgeous. It is about a topic that I am really passionate about: Ensuring that unused HIV medication, still in its original packaging and meant to be destroyed here in the Netherlands, reaches people … Read more HIV medication exchange

Dear Santa, I wanted to ask you a favour for this Christmas season. As a woman living with HIV for 17 years I am grateful to live. I look at the future positively. Only sometimes I fall back when I experience stigma with health care providers or when I hear … Read more Be my messenger

Today, together with councillor Tigelaar, I unveiled the crying woman here in Amersfoort. It is such an honour to have her at the Lievevrouwekerkhof in the heart of lovely Amersfoort. Again, a great moment to share my story on the importance of fighting HIV stigma. The story continues. Where shall … Read more The crying woman is in Amersfoort

Today, together with Dutch celebrity Angela Groothuizen, Mark Vermeulen the director of Aidsfonds, and 11-year-old Jacky, I unveiled the statue of a crying woman. She sheds one teardrop every 40 seconds. This symbolises the fact that every 40 seconds someone in the world dies of AIDS. It was a great … Read more Unveiling the crying woman on World Aids Day 2019

Look at this young man, left to fight alone in this World. What do you think happen to him? I blame stigma. HIV stigma killed both his parents when he was 14. I feel sad every time I look at him. HIV stigma, I am very angry at you! I … Read more Stigma & World Aids Day 2019

I would like to share what I have learned during my recent two weeks in South Africa. During the apartheid regime (1948-1994), there was so much hate between white and black people. Black people were oppressed and white privileged. There were many restricted areas where black people were not allowed to enter. Thanks to many freedom fighters such as Mandela apartheid ended in 1994. Sometimes you will still see reminders of … Read more South Africa: Sharing my learning

Yesterday was very special to me. Although I have lived in South Africa and visited Cape Town, I had never been to Robben Island. I finally got a chance to visit it with Duze Nomshikashika. Since we were allowed to go without our choir outfit, I went with my HIV stigma fighter t-shirt. The former prison guard of Robben Island’s … Read more Mandela the inspirer

Yesterday I visited Kayamnandi township where I met Makupula Youth Choir and was able to share my story with them. Watch this short video for an impression: I was very happy to see how they listened attentively. Before I shared my story we had been singing a lot of South … Read more Makupula Youth Choir

It has been an amazing journey full with great experiences the past few days. On the 15th we were invited as a choir to sing in a workshop organised by Palesa Africa in Alexandra Township. The Leader of the group, Aveline Tau, had a big surprise for us because she … Read more From Alexandra to Tswane

Regina Mundi is latin for ‘Queen of the World’ and is amreference to the Virgin Mary. During the apartheid era the Regina Mundi church opened its doors to anti-apartheid groups and provided shelter to anti-apartheid activists. Because of the shelter it offered, Regina Mundi is often referred to as ‘The … Read more Regina Mundi helps my fight

I cannot wait for September to finish, so I can finally visit South Africa with a purpose after 13 years. Many African people may think why exactly I choose to go back? Well, I have a very positive reason. I believe in change, as I have changed the past few … Read more South Africa here I come

My life has been shaped in many forms, so my memories are sometimes triggered by sounds, pictures, food or even some trees. I never knew that a toy could save a life, even more than once. So I would like to share the story how my daughter’s toy saved me … Read more A toy saved my life

In mijn blog over koningsdag vertelde ik al dat we 132 nationaliteiten in Amersfoort hebben. Toch zeg ik altijd dat wij ‘one people’ zijn, want uiteindelijk zijn we namelijk op vele manieren met elkaar verbonden. Deze zondag was ik hier getuige van tijdens het multiculturele Colourful Cultures Festival in Liendert. … Read more Colourful Cultures

In mijn doodsangst, angst, machteloosheid en nutteloosheid, denk ik aan mijn broer Albert, opnieuw ben ik een familielid verloren vanwege diabetes en bloeddruk. Mijn hart huilt vanwege dit grote verlies. Mijn tweede broer verliezen aan diabetes is verwoestend, maar ik weiger me te verliezen in negativiteit. Ondanks dat ik weer … Read more Een eerbetoon aan mijn coole broer Albert

Amersfoort is een prachtige stad en ik ben een trotse Amersfoorter. Dit jaar vierde Koning Willem-Alexander zijn verjaardag samen met zijn gezin in Amersfoort. Ik mocht deelnemen aan 1 van de vele verschillende activiteiten die we voor hem hadden georganiseerd. Ik houd ervan om een ​​activist te zijn en over … Read more Koningsdag in Amersfoort

Hij is weer veilig thuis. Hij is mijn held en ook een beetje van de wereld. Mijn man vertrok een maand geleden naar Mozambique om levens te redden, want cycloon Idai had veel verwoest. Mensen zijn sinds Idai dakloos en schoon drinkwater is cruciaal. Mijn man was in Mozambiquenvoor de … Read more Mijn superheld

Ik ben een nieuw hoofdstuk in mijn leven begonnen. Eén pil per dag om mijn hiv te behandelen. Dat is weinig en ik voel me geweldig. Via een gedicht zou ik graag mijn dankbaarheid willen uitspreken voor deze opmerkelijke pil “Biktarvy”: Birktarvy, je schut mijn leven heftig door elkaar. Echt … Read more Biktarvy

Op 23 mei 2008 ben ik in Amersfoort komen wonen. Niemand wist wie ik was, wat mijn talenten waren of wist van mijn hiv status. Mijn belangrijke doel was om eerst te integreren in de Amersfoortse samenleving, wat betekende om zo snel mogelijk de Nederlandse taal en cultuur eigen te … Read more Ik ben een trotse Amersfoorter!

Ik herinner het me als de dag van gisteren, maar het was toch echt tijdens het kerstseizoen van 2003. Mijn man en ik waren net terug in Angola vanuit Pretoria voor mijn hiv-behandeling. Hoewel ik wanhopig was om mijn medicatie te starten, was ik erg bang voor mogelijke bijwerkingen. Ik … Read more Een Winnaar in 2019

Het is kerstmis, ik zie overal licht en kerstbomen in huizen. Het is erg mooi. Ik heb heel mooie herinneringen aan mijn jeugd tijdens de kerst. Ik was een danseres in een kindergroep in onze kerk. We droegen kronen van papier en jurken in alle kleuren van de regenboog. Ik … Read more Mijn kerstherinneringen

Waarom je jeugd weggooien of zeggen dat het je niets kan schelen? Misschien kun je iemand vragen een handje te helpen om jouw pijn te delen. Het maakt hiv niet uit hoe oud je bent of welke huidskleur je hebt hiv ziet geen zwart, bruin of wit omdat hiv kleurenblind … Read more Hiv is Kleurenblind

Ik ben geboren op 25 november 1976 in Gihanga, Burundi. De afgelopen jaren woon ik hier in Nederland. Hoewel ik hier niet als vluchteling ben gekomen, betekent dit niet dat ik geen idee heb hoe het voelt. Geloof me, een vluchteling zijn in je eigen land is nog moeilijker dan … Read more Mijn bonus verjaardag

Een voordeel van open zijn op sociale media en het delen van mijn verhaal is dat het me heeft geholpen contact te leggen met mensen die andere gezondheidsproblemen hebben dan hiv. Uiteindelijk voelen we allemaal dezelfde pijn. Sommigen gaan door een depressie, of hebben kanker of hartproblemen, en we nemen … Read more Sterke Vrouwen

I had been wearing The Mask for many years.I would smile while no one knew what was behind that smile. The Mask was heavy, I could not take the weight anymore.Then I decided to take it off, what many call coming out of the closet.I wanted to feel free. No … Read more The Mask

Ik blijf me steeds beter voelen sinds ik open sta over mijn hiv voor mijn kinderen. Zaterdag was ik uitgenodigd voor HIV-positieve vrouwenactiviteiten in Sittard. Moeders mochten hun kinderen meenemen. Ik dacht dat het iets zou zijn voor heel jonge kinderen van 0 tot 8. Ik vroeg of het oke … Read more De volgende generatie

Het was zondagmiddag en ik liep met mijn dochter, Loris, naar het winkelcentrum Emiclear. Ik stopte om mijn buurvrouw, Janneke, te begroeten. Ze vroeg hoe het ging met Rio op de middelbare school. Het is allemaal nieuw voor hem! Mijn dochter zelf babbelde toen over hoe leuk het voor haar … Read more De magische ontmoeting

Op 25 juli werd de 11e editie van de Kracht van Liefde gehouden. Het is in de woorden van Fred Verdult “de leukste dag om hiv te hebben”. Een zeer inspirerende jaarlijkse gebeurtenis over leven met hiv en medicijnen. De editie van dit jaar stond in verband met het aidscongres … Read more Positive Flame-tour