Rhitika (name changed) lost her family during her toddler stage because of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). While being brought up by her aunt and uncle she started falling ill continuously and it was later discovered that she also had been infected with the virus. After her relatives shunned her she found shelter at the Sapthalta HIV Shikshya Sadan. When I was small I started falling sick and later it was traced to be HIV. My relatives' behaviour changed after they found I was infected with the virus. When they read about Sapthalta HIV Shikshya Sadan in Batkepati Kirtipur in