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Boinu
Boinu, 26 years old, is an IDU–widow. Her husband died from an AIDS–related condition in 2004. Born and brought up in Dimapur (Nagaland), Boinu got married at 19. She has two daughters, aged 8 and 6 years old. Her husband was into business thus traveled extensively. He got into injecting drug use immediately after his marriage as a result of peer pressure. Despite her husband's drug use, Boinu and her husband received support from both the families. After her husband's death she found out that she and her older daughter were also both HIV–positive. She says that her positive status created a great turmoil within her, fear of the unknown, and especially a fear of rejection in case people should come to know of her status.
She developed low self–esteem and became depressed. She isolated herself from her friends and the community. While she was in this state of mind, a peer educator of UNODC I49 project contacted her and introduced her to the WIN (women in need) Self help group (SHG). After joining the SHG, she learned that the experience she had gone through is often the experience felt by many other HIV–positive persons. The
Read more: Boinu's Recovery Testimony
