PIAF AIDS Ambassador attends YPLHIV Consultation in Netherlands
04th June, 2010 Rarotonga, Cook Islands
PIAF AIDS Ambassador, Joave Vakacereivalu is among successful applicants who will be attending the Young People Living with HIV (YPLHIV) consultation in Netherlands next week.
Ms Vakacereivalu, a new HIV advocate is looking forward to sharing her experiences as a young Pacific Islander living with HIV in Fiji, with other young HIV positive people from around the globe.
“Being a new HIV advocate, I hope to attend the consultation as a means of sharing my experiences with other young people like me. I also hope to learn from them and share my perspective and experiences of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Fiji and the wider Pacific,” she said.
She added that although there are a number of young people living with HIV in Fiji, only a few have gone public with their HIV-positive status for fear of being rejected, bringing shame to their families and villages and the fear of being left alone, all of which she had gone through when she was diagnosed HIV-positive.







