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Article: THAILAND: A BUDDY SYSTEM GIVES HOPE FOR LIFE IN THE HIV/AID FIGHT
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- September 15, 2004
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Sonny Inbaraj
Inter Press Service English News Wire
09-15-2004
MAE CHAN, Thailand, Sep. 15, 2004 (IPS/GIN) -- While Charoen
Orn-Norm and Aranya run a successful recycling business in this
border town, just a stone's throw away from Burma, seldom, however,
do their clients realise that one of them is HIV-positive.
"Initially it's a shock to them, but when they see that I'm as
normal as everyone else, they become more receptive to me," Aranya
tells IPS.
Sixty-five year-old Charoen grins in the background.
"Oh! She's so charming to them that they often invite her to
their houses for meals. It's good for business anyway," he quips.
Charoen and Aranya are business partners in a programme ...