World AIDS Day

Thailand, Lopburi, Aids hospice in the Phra Bat Nam Phu temple. Founded in 1992 by Buddhist monk Dr Alongkot Dikkapanyo. More than 100 HIV positive patients are living in the temple complex. The very sick are taken care of by Thai nurses and foreign volunteers. Here a 66 year old chinese man,trying to walk.

© Kees Metselaar 2004