This is a picture of an HIV-positive South African woman called Thabisa. She is the chairperson of the centre the Raphael Support and Counselling Centre. The centre is a dynamic HIV-AIDS support centre, which offers skills training, counselling, nutritional advice and a host of other services in Grahamstown, South Africa. It is estimated that twenty five per cent of the population, are living with HIV, or have AIDS, in the Grahamstown area. You can read Thabisa's story at http://www.avert.org/africanstories.htm.

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Photo credit: � Raphael centre and AVERT