Agostino – living with HIV in Kanembwa camp
Agostino used to be a “kijana shupavu”– that is a strong, fierce, tough, hard young man. He says he used to make a living smuggling beer from Burundi to Tanzania. But Noe says he was an “mjambazi” — a gangster. In the film, Agostiono tells the story of how he was imprisioned by Noe in Burundi, how he later fell sick in AIDS in Kanembwa refugee camp, how he met Noe there once again, and how Noe convinced him to come out in public and join Stop Sida. Here, Agostino explains, that although he feels like a man, he has decided that “this is my virus. It will not escape from my body. I am looking for a rope, so that I can tether it, so that it doesn’t reach you”.
April 20th, 2005 at 9:01 am
To all who know something about Humanity,
I would like to express my high admiration to Stop-Sida Nkeburuwumva,precisely on its duties calculated to ban HIV/AIDS from knowing its expansion in those who have not yet been infected.Allow me to call this a Humanitarian Aid to both present and future generations.
Till the moment I am writing this message,I have seen many changes in terms of Aids prevention.Most surprisingly,Stop-Sida Nkeburuwumva has proven success for people to no longer find it a constraint to declare themselves openly whenever they have grounds to believe that they are already HIV infected.
Had I had enough time,I would have written more ,but I promise to remain in touch for further achievements.Be blessed!