英国一家专事扶持青少年艾滋病病毒感染者及其家庭的慈善组织“身体与灵魂”，将在新年期间发起一场名为“感同身受”的宣传活动，旨在唤起年轻一代对艾滋病病毒感染者和艾滋病病人的深入了解与关爱，进一步打破这个群体与社会的心理樊篱。
秘密折磨多年
22岁的彼得穿戴时尚，口齿伶俐，笑容灿烂。然而他有一个深藏多年、每天都折磨着他的秘密：他是个艾滋病病毒感染者。
病毒是从娘胎里带来的。母亲出生于非洲，为了躲避战乱，申请到英国避难。彼得3岁时跟着母亲来到伦敦，常常出入医院。13岁那年，他得了一场严重的脑膜炎，陷入长达3个月的昏迷。醒来后，医生们给他做了一些测试，发现他的血液感染了艾滋病病毒ＨＩＶ。
从医生口中，彼得知道ＨＩＶ会逐渐侵蚀人体内免疫细胞，降低人体对各种疾病的抵抗力，一些感染者可能会因此患上罕见的传染病或癌症，当情况发展到非常严重的地步时，这个人就患了获得性免疫缺陷综合征，即艾滋病。尽管近年来医学界在控制艾滋病病情方面有了重大进展，它仍是一种不治之症。
这个消息犹如晴天霹雳，彼得感觉像被判了死刑。
恢复生活信心
幸好，医院介绍彼得去了“身体与灵魂”，使他恢复了生活的信心。
“身体与灵魂”是英国为艾滋病病毒感染者和艾滋病人及其家庭提供全方位帮助的几家公益机构之一，在伦敦东部开设了一家支持中心，是一栋宽敞明亮、通风良好的建筑。中心团队包括14名工作人员和150名志愿者，每周约有250人来这里接受帮助。幼童可以在装满玩具的保育室玩耍，少年人可以在高档地下录音棚玩音乐，成年人可以上写作课或参加讨论，还有妇科诊所、按摩室、瑜伽室随时提供一对一服务。中心每天按时供应热饭菜，对病情严重者还提供往返接送服务。
尽管“身体与灵魂”提供出色的服务，但宣传并不高调。新年期间将推出的“感同身受”宣传活动针对学校和青少年，将挂出多幅感染ＨＩＶ的名人和青少年照片，照片中感染者的面部被遮挡，以免暴露身份。
“活动目的是让年轻人从其他人的角度来理解生活是什么样。”“身体与灵魂”主任科利尔说。科利尔在1996年与人合办了这家慈善机构，因为英国当时几乎没有为感染ＨＩＶ的妇女儿童提供服务的机构。“社会缺乏对ＨＩＶ的了解，围绕这种疾病仍有很多耻辱的烙印。”
社会偏见仍存
一谈起艾滋病，一些人首先联想到男同性恋。事实上，全世界艾滋病病毒感染者中只有5％至10％是男同性恋之间性接触引起，三分之二感染源于异性间性接触，有11％的ＨＩＶ感染病例经由母婴传播。
对艾滋病病毒感染者和艾滋病人仍存在许多偏见。去年，抗艾组织“带着ＨＩＶ烙印生活的人们指数”针对艾滋病病毒感染者做了一项调查，发现867名受访者中有21％在过去12个月内曾遭受语言侮辱，12％曾遭受肢体攻击。
“身体与灵魂”机构向500名12至18岁少年发放问卷，调查他们对艾滋病病毒感染者的态度。问卷发现，即使81％受访者明知不会因与艾滋病病毒感染者共用一个杯子而感染，只有27％的人表示愿意共用杯子，11％受访者表示不会与艾滋病病毒感染者保持朋友关系。
彼得曾把身染ＨＩＶ的事告诉大学里的一个朋友，几个月后发现这个朋友一直在背后谈论此事，告诉别人“我得开始洗我的盘子了，我得去做一下检查”。彼得说，这件事并没让他生气，“它只是让我了解到很多人仍然很无知，我们仍然需要开展教育，这样当某个人站出来告诉别人‘我染上了ＨＩＶ’时，其他人不会后退，而是走上前去”。
正因如此，“身体与灵魂”的存在才显得重要，它让彼得能像正常人一样自由交流，而不必承受别人异样的眼光。
"Empathy" HIV infection pain (Figure)
2010-12-24 15:33:16 Source: Xinmin Evening News (Shanghai)
U.S. White House hangs a huge mark World AIDS Day Red Ribbon
Specializing in support for a British youth living with HIV and their families, charitable organizations, "Body and Soul", will launch a new year called "empathy" campaign, aims to arouse young people with HIV and AIDS understanding of AIDS patients and care, and social groups to further break the psychological barriers.
Years of secret torture
22-year-old Peter, wearing stylish, articulate, bright smile. However, he has a hidden for years, tortured every day, his secret: He is HIV infected.
Virus is brought from the womb. Mother was born in Africa, in order to Duobizhanluan apply to the UK asylum. Peter came to London with his mother at age 3, and often out of the hospital. 13 years old, he had a severe meningitis, up to 3 months into a coma. Woke up, doctors gave him some tests and found that his blood infected with the AIDS virus HIV.
The mouth from the doctor, Peter knew that HIV will gradually erode the human body immune cells, reduce the body's resistance to various diseases, some infections may therefore suffer from rare diseases or cancer, when the situation developed to a very serious stage, the The people suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS. Although the medical profession in the control of AIDS in recent years, there has been significant progress in the disease, it is still a terminal disease.
The news came as a thunderbolt, and Peter feels like a death sentence.
Restore confidence in life
Fortunately, the hospital introduced Peter to the "Body and Soul", so that he restored confidence in life.
"Body and Soul" is the UK infected with HIV and AIDS and their families to help provide a comprehensive range of several public institutions, in east London opened a support center, is a bright and spacious, well-ventilated buildings. Centre team includes 14 staff and 150 volunteers, about 250 people come here every week to accept help. Children in the nursery full of toys to play, young men can play in the high-end studio underground music, adults can participate in the discussion on the writing course, or there gynecological clinic, massage rooms, yoga studio ready to provide one to one service. Centre serves hot meals every day on time, on the condition serious offers shuttle service.
Although the "Body and Soul" provides excellent service, but not high-profile publicity. New Year will launch the "empathy" campaign for schools and young people, to hang out pieces of celebrities and young people infected with HIV photographs of an infected person's face is obscured to avoid exposure to identity.
"Activities aimed at young people from the perspective of other people to understand what life is like." "Body and Soul," director of Collier said. Collier, who in 1996 co-organized with the charity, because the British were almost no women and children infected with HIV to provide services. "Social lack of understanding of HIV, there is still much stigma surrounding the disease, the stigma."
Social prejudices still
The mention of AIDS, some people first think of gay men. In fact, the world's HIV infected people in only 5% to 10% is caused by sexual contact among gay men, two thirds of the infection from heterosexual sexual contact, 11% of HIV infections through mother to child transmission.
Of HIV infection and AIDS are still many prejudices. Last year, the anti-AIDS organization "of people living with HIV stigma index" for HIV to do a survey and found that 867 respondents, 21% in the past 12 months had been subjected to verbal abuse, 12% subjected to physical attacks.
"Body and Soul" institutions to 500 12 to 18 year-old boy sent out questionnaires to investigate their attitude towards HIV infected persons. Survey found that 81% of respondents even knew will not be shared with the HIV infection through a cup, only 27% said they are willing to share the cup, and 11% of the respondents said they would not infected with the AIDS virus to maintain friendships .
HIV-infected body Peter once told a college friend, a few months back that this friend has been talking about this, tell others "I have started to wash my dishes, and I have to do it for examination." Peter said that it did not make him angry, "it just made me realize that many people are still very ignorant, and we still need education, so that when someone stood up to tell people 'I'm infected with HIV', others will not be back, but stepped forward. "
Because of this, "Body and Soul" was more important presence, it allows Peter to the free exchange of like a normal person, without having to bear the strange looks people.
