Books
These stories aim to promote the visibility of people living with HIV and AIDS, and to celebrate the positive lives of a diversity of people. Our books promote a less stigmatised environment for HIV disclosure, acceptance and living positively.
Telling stories of positive lives
These stories aim to promote the visibility of people living with HIV and AIDS, and to celebrate the positive lives of a diversity of people. Our books promote a less stigmatised environment for HIV disclosure, acceptance and living positively.
Our story-telling series is an opportunity for mentoring, supporting and building the capacity of people whose voices have not been heard to tell their stories through writing, drawing, photos and using a variety of languages.
The first book, published in November 2007, was Clouds move, the life story of Derrick Fine, one of our trustees. Our second book, Umzala, the life journey of Openly Positive trustee Elaine Maane, launched in February 2009.
"Tragedies not only break us, but also leave vacuums that with time we choose to fill, either with beautiful memories or with emptiness. I have chosen memories because that way all my family still lives on in the stars in the sky."
Elaine Maane, Umzala, February 2009
Our upcoming Openly Positive short story collection
Our third book, which we aim to publish in March 2011, will be a wide-ranging collection of inspiring short stories about people living positively in South Africa and other African countries.