AidsLink

OM's ministry, AidsLink, provides care and support for people around the globe who are living with HIV. Photo by Ellyn Schellenberg.
Jeevanam is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘giving life.’ In a rural town in India, just outside the city of Hydraband, it is also the name of a ministry that brings hope to people living with HIV and AIDS.
A government health care worker tests a student for HIV at The Good News II School at OM Lake Tanganyika.
“Some people will come to us and say: ‘You are the first person I have ever told that I am HIV+ or that my family member is,’” said Holly. “They have carried it with them for so many years because they are afraid of rejection..."