Kathmandu, Nepal
- Team: Books of Joy and SAATH
- Goal: Sponsor children affected by HIV/AIDS for a summer camp to provide emotional support via immersive, team-building activities
- Background:
- People in Nepal today with HIV/AIDS are still heavily discriminated, and the subject is still very much taboo
- Marginalized children with HIV/AIDS are particularly affected by this stigma, and actively excluded from school and social activities
- Outcome:
- Provided students affected by HIV/AIDS with the emotional and peer support that they may have lacked from family and society
- Students expressed feeling better emotionally after the camp, with meaningful uplift in self-confidence and desire to remain in school
