STATUS – The FIFTH HIV Status

Unknown is actually the fifth HIV status. If you know your status, you can do something significant about your condition and also prevent worse things from happening such as spreading the infection and developing AIDS. Having an unknown HIV status will not give you the power to have control over the medical condition or your life.

Volunteer Spotlight: Jemuel Titan, LoveYourself’s Precious “Jem”

Jemuel Titan, more popularly known as “Jamie Well Titan,” or just simply “Jem,” has been consistently counseling for more than a year as a volunteer at LoveYourself. His dedication to guiding others in finding out their HIV status has made him one of the top counselors of LoveYourself Anglo, having helped over three hundred clients.

The LoveYourself Testing Experience

Admittedly, getting tested for HIV is not one of the easiest things you’ll ever do in your life – in fact, it can be one of the most unnerving experiences you’ll ever have to go through. There are a myriad of reasons why you are getting tested – it may be a follow-up test to your previous result several months ago, or a requirement for getting recruited overseas, or you just simply decided to take the plunge and get yourself tested for the first time. Regardless of the reason, it’s difficult to really get the hang of it – whether it’s your first or fifth time getting tested. In any case, getting tested is the only definitive way to know whether you will turn out “reactive” or “nonreactive”.

JOB OPENING: Administration and Finance Assistant for Regional City Based HIV Testing Campaign: Test MNL

LoveYourself Inc. partnership with APCOM, is looking for an Administration and Finance Assistant for Regional City Based HIV Testing Campaign: Test MNL.

JOB OPENING: Campaign Assistant Officer for Regional City Based HIV Testing Campaign: Test MNL

LoveYourself Inc. partnership with APCOM, is looking for a for Campaign Assistant Officer for Regional City Based HIV Testing Campaign: Test MNL.

JOB OPENING: Campaign Officer for Regional City Based HIV Testing Campaign: Test MNL

LoveYourself Inc. partnership with APCOM, is looking for a Campaign Officer for Regional City Based HIV Testing Campaign: Test MNL.

Volunteer Spotlight: Monching Domingo Co, a Lover and a Fighter

LoveYourself counselor and single dad Monching has had his fair share of ups and downs, but his unwavering spirit and constant inspirations in life have gotten him through hell and high water time and time again.

LoveYourself Incognito, a Free and Anonymous HIV Screening for Men, Set for May 29

LoveYourself Incognito, the country’s first community-based HIV screening for men that asks for no names, uses no forms, and is highly confidential, is set for May 29 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Victoria Court Malate.

Memoirs of a Counselor: My First Reactive Client

Not all people respond the same way to HIV. Marahil mahirap tanggapin ng sarili ang katotohanan tungkol sa kaniyang HIV status kapag ito’y reactive, na siyang dahilan kung bakit marami sa mga PLHIV ay nagtatago na lamang sa labis na kahihiyan sa halip na humingi ng tulong upang magpagamot. At ito na nga ang tinatawag nilang stigma. Masasabi ko na marahil hindi talaga lubusang maihahanda ng mga HIV awareness programs ang mga damdamin ng isang tao kapag siya ay binabalitaan na siya mismo ay may HIV. Maaari nating sabihin na ang stigma, sa kabila ng ating pagsisikap na labanan ito, ay hindi lubusang mapapawi.

LoveYourself Creates New Batch of Volunteers, Known as “Kinaadman”

LoveYourself welcomes its first batch of newly-recruited volunteers for 2016, collectively known as Batch Kinaadman.