7-year-old HIV positive boy forced to drop out of school in seme sub county

It is so unfortunate that a 7 year old boy was forced to drop out of school in seme sub county because of his HIV status.  According to the boy’s parents who are also HIV positive, their son was born with HIV and he has been on medication.

7 months before joining the school, the boy’s parents voluntarily decided to inform the school head teacher about their son’s HIV status during an enrolment interview and the head teacher was okay with it. Moreover, the head teacher assured them that their son was safe and he would personally make sure that their son would feel at home, protected, loved and normal like any other student in the school. He promised to create a friendly environment in school to enable their son study to and be able to achieve his dream of becoming an ambassador.