Partner of "RASMI" (Rural and Social Management Institute)
supporting the project "School for Life"
THE DILEMMA:
Kik
and Kuk, the twins, have AIDS. Their
immune systems are weak. They get sick more and more
often, cough and get fevers. Their father died of AIDS
when they were one year old. Their mother, ashamed,
disappeared. Kik and Kuk live with their grandparents in
the village. Their grandparents explained to the village
school in front of all the parents that even though they
know, deep down, that their grandchildren are ill, they
cannot accept it. The children’s karma – the Thais call
it “gram” – is as it is. They entrust their grandchildren
to the School for Life during the day, and at night, the
children sleep at home. The grandparents have refused
They want peace and to let things go their way.
Maybe they hope they will die with their grand-
children. Those of us from the School for Life are in
a dilemma. We know that a pharmacist in Thailand,
Krisana Kraisintu, has developed a live-saving AIDS
medicine. She developed a pill that can effectively
fight the virus in a person. For 320 Dollars a year,
HIV-positive persons can continue their lives; those
ill with AIDS can leave their deathbeds and start a
second life.
the story with Kik and Kuk will end, whether or not we will be able to convince the grandparents
to value the lives of the children more than their belief in a karma. Time is running out.
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