My name is Proum Chan Tola. I am 48 years old. I am from Phnom Sampov village in Battambang province, Cambodia. I got married in 1976. I have three children (two girls and one boy). I came to know about my HIV status in 1997 soon after the death of my husband. My husband served as a military commander in the government. I was dishonored by everybody since my HIV diagnosis. I lost all my wealth, house, land and family. I was discriminated and stigmatized by my neighbors and other people. With no job, income and family, I felt lonely and disappointed in my life. I started to take ARV in 2003 from MSF. In 2003 I joined Marry Knyole, a garment company based in Cambodia to sew blankets with weekly wages. But I decided to stop working with the company when my daughter got married, as I had to support her family. I returned to Phnom Penh in 2007 looking for employment with MDSF. I like to work with MDSF. I spend lot of time with other HIV positive women at MDSF to talk about HIV/AIDS, support each other, reduce stigma and discrimination and also to improve the quality of life. Working with MDSF helped me earn a regular and stable income. It also helped me enhance my sewing skills and my knowledge about HIV. I am very happy to work with other women who also have the same problem. MDSF is important to my life as well as the lives of other HIV positive women. Please support MDSF through orders and purchase of products. This will help me and my friends to lead a productive life free of stigma and discrimination.
	My name is Or Phakdey. I am 33 years old. I am married and have one son. My husband is a soldier by profession. But he does not work any more. I was tested HIV positive in 1999 while working in a garment factory. My employer terminated me from the company when he came to know about my status. So my husband, son and I became homeless. We faced lot of discrimination and I wanted to die. I fell ill many times but the hospital in Pnom Penh refused to treat me. I then returned to my home village in Srey Santhor district where I got sick again but got treated at Kampong Cham hospital. Two of my sisters have also got HIV infection. But one died with AIDS related illness. I started taking ARV in 2005. By then my father could not work any more and the whole family depended on me. I joined the Kampong Cham network of People Living with HIV in 2006 and actively participated in all the meetings, workshops and conferences sharing my story to everyone. I then joined MDSF. My husband and I now live together in a small hut we rented in Pnom Penh with our son. We bought a motor taxi for my husband to run. My son goes to school. Besides a regular income, MDSF helped me enhance my skills on computer operation, communication, English speaking and office management. I know that my survival depends on MDSF. I therefore work very hard to get business for MDSF and make quality products for our customers.
	My name is Phan Srim. I am 29 years old. I got married to a journalist in 1997. I have a daughter. I was tested HIV positive in 1999. My husband died of AIDS related illness in 2000. I became very depressed after my HIV diagnosis. I asked myself lot of questions- what did I do to get this infection? Being a Khmer woman I had never gone out of my village alone until my marriage. But I received much love and care from my family- parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and in-laws. They all assured me that they would take care of me. I started taking ARV in 2001. In 2003 I joined UNESCO to work on HIV awareness around the provinces and universities in Cambodia. I shared my story including my photo with BBC through Policy Project as I wanted to make the public especially women and children aware of HIV. In 2004 I joined a group of HIV positive women. I worked voluntarily with them to make purses and bags. In 2005 they selected me as their team leader but I continued working voluntarily. I joined MDSF in 2006. I now earn a regular monthly income. I also get ARV free of cost.         I gained experience in office management and running business, although small, at MDSF.       I understand how important is this business to my life as well as other HIV positive women.      I want to get more business to MDSF and am very committed to it. We want to achieve break even and generate good profits for our factory to support the community of women living with HIV. I hope that the national and international communities will support MDSF by buying our products. We will work very hard without any stigma and discrimination as a model to other PLHIV groups. We will be an inspiration to other HIV positive groups to start a business on their own. I believe that both HIV positive and HIV negative people should work together to generate adequate income and also contribute to the national economy.