Living Positively with HIV and other Beautiful Stories ~ Doreen Moraa Moracha (Kenya)

Published: May 15, 2020, 8:43 p.m.

My Mind My Funk show host, Sitawa Wafula is in conversation with Doreen Moraa Moracha, a HIV/AIDS Advocate and Founder of I am a Beautiful Story in Kenya. On the show, Doreen shares her journey living positively with HIV, sharing her status publicly and the work she is doing nationally and internationally to make sure that young people have proper information about HIV. She also shares about superstition and the stigma she has faced and how she is using her journey to create beautiful stories. 

Contact information: 

  1. Twitter: @D_Moraa https://twitter.com/D_Moraa
  2. Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/doreen_moraa_moracha

Show notes:

"Living positively with HIV and Other Beautiful Stories"  discussion points;

- Intro (0.00)

- Going down memory lane to the blogpost that set My Mind My Funk in motion (1.28)

 -  Blogpost on sexual assault that set my mind my funk in motion

- Doreen Moraa Moracha's (8.00)

  • Profile
  • Coming out
  • Her journey
  • Superstition
  • Knowing her status
  • Types of medication and having medication in boarding school
  • Challenge young people living with HIV face - Adherence, Disclosure, stigma
  • When parents should disclose
  • Stigma people living with HIV face
  • Last words

- Outro 

Footnotes:

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  4. Artwork, hosting, editing and production by Sitawa Wafula