Africa – The Graying of AIDS

Hope, age 62 | Francistown, Botswana

I was working with a family, and somebody had some kind of blisters that week. I was in Australia then. […]

At least be there for the mothers! I always tell my daughter that she saw me struggling in front of

We need to remember that HIV is a justice issue. If we don’t deal with the structural injustices, people will

I remember it was about 15 years ago. I was constantly sick and I didn’t know what was wrong with

Originally I was from Scotland. I’ve been in South Africa now for 36 years. I think I befriended my little

For a long time, I have been working with the media. I have been writing my stories, and that’s how

My partner at the time was having problems with his eyes. I had been speaking to him for some time

I was a model, I ran the largest modeling agency in Zimbabwe. And I looked the part. Coming from high

I discovered my status after I gave birth, in 1997. I was sick and I went to see a doctor

Despite the health personnel saying that, “You isolate her,” my sister was there for me. My mother was there. Would

When I started working in 1984 as a doctor, I saw so many people whom I now know had AIDS,

I decided to go back to school after I got fired from Barclay’s Bank because of my status. I was

So the first question was: Are you going to keep quiet or are you going to tell someone? It took

We women, we were really the leaders. Because we were the ones who were being blamed. But then it came

I found out about my HIV status 20 years ago, that was in 1990, I think. And, how I found

I’m open about my status, so I do not care who I talk to when I am down. But I