HIV/AIDS Support Groups: Their Power and Their Promise

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By James and Colleen Copple

May 15, 2009 - 2:05 PM

Catherine Vilakazi, a member of the Zombotze Garden Project in Swaziland is HIV positive. She was tested three years ago and received the news on her 40th birthday. She was probably HIV positive for several years before the diagnosis. After becoming gravely ill she decided to be tested and discovered her status. Her husband died last year of AIDS. She has three children – all HIV negative.

Catherine is soft spoken with a smile that lights up a room. It was the support group and the women of the Home Care Task Force of . . .
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