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| Clipping from the local newspaper. |
This
month’s inspiration for me is Solomon and Shanthi; the reason being when today’s
couple’s are busy making a living and pushing themselves hard to find
alternatives to have their own child and who would continue to carry on the
legacy of the family name… these two lovely people after eight years of
their marriage did not have kids, so they decided to adopt a child and at that
time one of Solomon’s friend passed away because of HIV leaving his children orphaned,
its then they decided to adopt their children.
This
couple has now more than 50 children who are HIV positive and they have adopted
them, and given them a shelter and meeting their basic necessities of life. They
are great examples of unconditional love and acceptance, mostly with HIV there
is so much stigma and discrimination attached. Also the treatment is expensive
and these children are highly vulnerable and prone for infections and immunity
is low.
To
reach out to them is definitely a challenge, hats off to Solomon and Shanthi
for choosing the road less travelled and taking up the responsibility and risk
in enabling and empowering these kids. Here
is the link: read on ..
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Your co hosts for this month are: Belinda Witzenhausen, Sylvia McGrath, Sylvia Stein Shilpa Garg, Eric Lahti .
Your co hosts for this month are: Belinda Witzenhausen, Sylvia McGrath, Sylvia Stein Shilpa Garg, Eric Lahti .
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Amazing story Genevive thank you! A selfless couple indeed. Have a lovely weekend. xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan, its challenging enough to bring up healthy kids, to adopt HIV+ve kids is not easy, appreciate you for your presence, have a lovely day :)
DeleteSolomon and Shanthi are truly kind and compassionate people. More power to them and thanks for sharing their inspiring story, Genevive!
ReplyDeleteTrue shilpa, when I read their story, I couldn't resist but post, thank you for your encouraging words...
DeleteThis is sweet. I think the stigma of the disease tends to cause others to treat HIV-positive people (of any age) like lepers. What a lonely life that would be. Thank goodness for these folks with loving hearts.
ReplyDeleteRightly said Lynda - with HIV there is a lot of stigma and discrimination and fears keep people away from them, adding to myths and misconceptions about his infection. It takes not only courage but strength to be able to look after this kids as they are extremely vulnerable...
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