Non-governmental organization Small Heart with Art, which helps HIV positive children and children with AIDS, has conducted a social experiment in Kyiv.
A young girl showed up with a sign “ I am HIV positive. Hug me, support me=)” in Kyiv Shevchenko park. Hidden camera caught the reaction of the people passing by.
At first nobody pays attention to the girl, but later people start coming closer to her – women, men, young people, older persons – to hug and to offer words of encouragement.
Again, in June 2015 a Finnish guy Janne Antin conducted a similar experiment. He came to a crowded plaza with a sign “I am HIV positive. Touch me.” His aim was to demonstrate to the society how it was to live being a target of HIV-related stigma, and to draw attention to this problem.
Автор: Kira Kowalski
