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Niccollette Boatswain

‘I refuse to give up’

The tragic stories of teenagers who were both rejected by their families as a result of their HIV positive status are what pushed Dr Niccollette Boatswain to join in the fight against the virus in Guyana.

Making a fresh start in 2020

“For me, just getting a new start is good enough. I ain’t really putting no meaning to New Year’s Day but I just happy that in the new year I not the same way I start out and for that I just thanking God.

Forgiving acts of discrimination and moving on

“I have been living 22 years with HIV and if you look at me you cannot tell but I would not tell any and everybody that I have HIV because the stigma and discrimination is not nice and so I just trying to live my life,” the 46-year-old mother of six told me.

That one slap

“The first time it happen, I can’t say I was shocked because even before we marry, I was afraid of him.

Members of the Giving Hope Foundation during an outreach.

Dr Latoya Gooding gives hope to cancer victims

Two years after she graduated as a general practitioner, Dr Latoya Gooding requested to join the Oncology Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and the suffering of cancer victims propelled her to do more than treat their symptoms and help to make their stay at the institution bearable.

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