CHILD CASES

Summary: Garima was 5 years old and infected with HIV when she was rescued from Tanahun district of Nepal. After the death of her parents due to HIV, her older brother who was just 7 started working in a hotel. Garima’s health worsened day by day due to HIV. So, she was referred to SETU […]

Summary: Nigma and Unatti are two sisters who came to Aarati house in summer 2018 together with their two brothers. The four children were rescued after their parent’s death within a time differences of 1 month. They were the victims of extreme poverty and the youngest child Unatti was sucking on her mother’s milk when […]

Summary: Ranjana Tamang is only two and a half years old and is living with her mother in SETU after the death of her father. She along with her mother came to SETU for the test and it was found that they were both HIV positive. Bearing the double trauma of losing her husband and […]

Summary: Bina Basnet was only five when she arrived to SETU Nepal with her mother. Her father was from India and denied looking after them after Bina was born. As Bina’s mother eloped and married her husband when she was just 17, she could not return to her family. At Kathmandu they tested Bina and […]

Summary: After the death of the parents due to HIV infection, Pratima Sunakothi who is also HIV positive was living with her grandmother. Her uncle threatened her grandmother stating that he would not let them live with him if she was to be around the house as he was worried that she would transmit her […]

Summary: Ranjana Parimal is an sixteen years old girl from Nawalparasi, Nepal and has been living for  four years in the transit home of SETU Nepal. She was the youngest of her six siblings and was only the child with HIV. Her parents died due to HIV infection that resulted to deteriorate her health very […]

Summary: Bipasha Gharti came to SETU when she was just four.  Her father died when she was eight and her mother is working as a labor. She has a sister who is staying with her mother who was born with safe delivery supported by SETU Nepal and was not infected by HIV. Bipasha is a […]

Summary: Latika Dharma was rescued from a cave in a remote area of Nepal with her mother after her father left them in Nepal from India when she was one and half years old. The family of Lalitka’s mother also did not support them as Latika’s mother was mentally ill. Both of them were in […]