Photo journal: My life with HIV

My mum is a single parent and she was banking on me. Instead of buying land and building a house, she spent her money on my training.

I could not finish the course because I kept falling sick. When the doctor at the hospital said he wanted to do an HIV test, I kept refusing. I was scared I would be thrown out of college. I knew I had to avoid the test as long as possible.

One day the doctor said, "I want to do a full haemogram". He didn't explain what it was. It came back positive.