npr:Every summer, Jameson Camp hosts one special sleep-away week for kids affected by HIV or AIDS.Ea
npr:Every summer, Jameson Camp hosts one special sleep-away week for kids affected by HIV or AIDS.Each of those years, groundskeeper Brad Higgins would watch campers and their parents have tough conversations in the car before getting dropped off at the camp in Indianapolis.That’s because the camp has always had this rule: Campers need to know why they’re here. And once children learned, they needed a stigma-free place to process it.Some campers here are living with HIV/AIDS themselves. Others have parents living with it, or perhaps family members who have died from the illness and maybe “the rest of the family didn’t know that,” says Higgins.Today, the stigma around HIV/AIDS may not be as profound, but it’s still there.Between Swimming And Archery, This Camp Helps Kids Overcome The Stigma Of HIV/AIDSPhotos: Peter Balonon-Rosen/Indiana Public Broadcasting -- source link