HIV patients celebrate festival with enthusiasm

  • | Wednesday | 19th September, 2018

This rehabilitation centre has become my first home,” said one of the woman inmate of the rehabilitation centre.The rehabilitation centre has trained 56 HIV positive women in various skill-based professions. “Not only kids, but people living with HIV from all ages, working women and members of our rehabilitation centre attend this celebrations. Personalities from various walks of life from Nashik city visited this special Ganeshotsav event. Some of them have started their own shops, stalls, while some have engaged themselves in social work. This was the 8th year of the six-day Ganeshotsav that concluded on Tuesday evening.“Celebrating festivals together helps in developing a bond of companionship towards children living with the HIV.

Nashik: Yash Foundation and Mahindra Group held a special Ganeshotsav event for women and children suffering from HIV.More than 130 people, installed the idol, worshipped Lord Ganesha for six days and also participated in the immersion procession enthusiastically. Personalities from various walks of life from Nashik city visited this special Ganeshotsav event. This was the 8th year of the six-day Ganeshotsav that concluded on Tuesday evening.“Celebrating festivals together helps in developing a bond of companionship towards children living with the HIV. Such celebrations bring new ray of hope for them. It helps in rehabilitation as well as in treatment as it develops positivity,” said Ravi Patil, founder of Yash foundation.Patil said that the Ganeshotsav of Yash Foudnation has been receiving increasing response for the last eight years. “Not only kids, but people living with HIV from all ages, working women and members of our rehabilitation centre attend this celebrations. Number of social workers, doctors, professionals visiting our puja pandal and participating in processions is also increasing. This is a sign that people have started developing positive attitude towards AIDS patients,” he added.Members of Yash rehabilitation centre said that they enjoy this Ganeshotsav even more than the one at their native place.“I am here for eight years now. As I am earning now, my family is ready to welcome me, especially during festivals. But, I hardly visit them now. This rehabilitation centre has become my first home,” said one of the woman inmate of the rehabilitation centre.The rehabilitation centre has trained 56 HIV positive women in various skill-based professions. Many of them completed their education from the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU), and some of them jobs in various companies, schools and government departments. Some of them have started their own shops, stalls, while some have engaged themselves in social work.

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