Ashok's StoryOM International Ashok Nobody knows it, but Ashok is HIV positive. He works as a street vendor selling roasted corn. If people did know he was living with HIV they wouldn’t buy his corn. Most people in Nepal don’t know that you can’t get HIV by eating food cooked by an HIV positive person. His small business cost about US$50 to set up and now it provides enough income for him to feed his family. This is the sort of self-sustaining enterprise that AIDSLink* Nepal wants to help people set up. All names have been changed *AIDSLink and OM are partnering to make a difference in the HIV and AIDS pandemic.
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