Chinanews.com, Linfen, May 26th, title: Children with AIDS walk out of the "safe haven" and move towards a new life
Author Wu Qiong
"Facing the sea, I want to shout loudly, tell the sea what I have in my heart, and tell it that I am here." "We, yearning for the wonderful world outside, the nurse sister not only gave us injections, but also taught us to read and write. It turns out, Outside the ward, there are bright stars."... On the 26th, I walked into the Red Ribbon School in Linfen, Shanxi. The colorful paintings and diaries of the children in the exhibition hall attracted everyone to stop and watch.
"I grew up here and understand the inner feelings of the children, including some small emotions of the children sometimes, and I hope to help them as much as possible." 25-year-old Cui Cui (pseudonym) is a teacher at the Red Ribbon School in Linfen City. I lived here as a student for 13 years.
As she just started school, she has low self-esteem and dare not accept the strange eyes of others. As she grows up, the care of the teacher and the education of the school have also changed Cui Cui's psychology and can communicate with others normally.
In 2017, Cui Cui participated in the college entrance examination and entered the university. After graduation, he successfully participated in the work.
Walking into the Red Ribbon School in Linfen, Shanxi, the colorful paintings and diaries of the children in the exhibition hall attract everyone to stop and watch.
Photo by Wu Qiong
“Out of work, I often think of many children in Red Ribbon School who dare not go to society and want to give them some encouragement through their own experiences.” With this wish, Cui Cui chose to return to Red Ribbon School to teach in December 2020. .
Shanxi Linfen Red Ribbon School is the only full-time school in the country that specializes in the treatment of children with AIDS. Its predecessor was the "Love Class" opened by the Linfen Infectious Disease Hospital in 2005. The hospital vacated a ward for the children In the classroom, the teachers are doctors and nurses.
"In the face of AIDS, ignorance is the source of fear and discrimination." Zhang Yinjun, director of the China Youth AIDS Prevention and Education Project Office, introduced that since the discovery of AIDS for many years, there still exists discrimination against people living with AIDS, which makes many people living with AIDS. Deliberately avoiding testing or seeking medical treatment, and deliberately concealing one's own infection, which delays effective treatment of the disease and also creates hidden dangers for the spread of HIV.
As a social organization with special consultative status of the UN Economic and Social Council, Beijing Qing Ai Education Foundation has assisted the construction of the "Kang Hui" Qing Ai Hut at the Linfen Red Ribbon School during AIDS Day 2020. It will continue to pay attention to the children's health in the future. Physical and mental health education.
From May 24 to June 1, 2021, Linfen Red Ribbon School launched the AIDS Anti-discrimination Lunch Day Publicity Week, aiming to promote "a lunch together, reduce discrimination", correctly recognize AIDS, and eliminate In recent years, more than 60 cities including Beijing, Chongqing, Kunming, and more than 40 countries and regions including India, Cambodia, the United States, and South Africa have participated in the issue of discrimination due to fear and misunderstanding.
From May 24 to June 1, Linfen Red Ribbon School launched an AIDS anti-discrimination lunch day publicity week.
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"Ten years ago, people were discriminated against AIDS. Shops refused to sell products to children with AIDS and restaurants refused to eat. Many people did not understand and disrespect AIDS groups." Guo Xiaoping, principal of Linfen Red Ribbon School, told reporters that social discrimination It has a greater impact on AIDS patients, which may cause them not to take medicine and dare not disclose their own situation.
Hao Yang, president of the China Association for the Prevention and Treatment of STDs and AIDS, introduced that many children who came to Red Ribbon School for the first time are not doing well, and some of them are covered with scars because their infections have not been effectively controlled.
In the past few years, under the care of the school and teachers, their body and mind have undergone major changes.
In recent years, social discrimination against AIDS groups has been reduced and changed.
Guo Xiaoping introduced that 15 children in the school have been admitted to university, some have already joined the work, and some got married and gave birth to healthy babies.
"Nowadays, discrimination is less and more tolerant, and the infected people dare to come out. It is very meaningful for the prevention of AIDS." Guo Xiaoping said that in the next step, the school plans to improve children's education, medication and other aspects. Hope the children Safe and healthy, and successfully entered the society after completing their studies.
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