Five Lironga Eparu members in North die

FIVE members of Lironga Eparu, an organisation representing people who make public that they are HIV positive, in the North passed away at the end of last year and early this year.

Lironga Eparu’s Co-ordinator in the Oshana Region, Anita Isaks, told The Namibian that the five HIV advocates were Wilma Johannes and Seline Damasius (at the end of last year), and Emilia Silas, Anna Shiindi and Klaudia Egodhi who died in January. All of them died in the Oshakati State Hospital, where they were admitted when they became weaker.Isaks told The Namibian that Lironga Eparu had opened its doors in the Oshana Region at the end of Novemberand, since then, had gained approximately 370 members who, from that time until today, had gone public on their HIV-AIDS status.According to Isaks, Lironga Eparu was to receive money from donors for orphans in the Oshana Region – especially for HIV-AIDS orphans.She added that she would see to it that the orphans of their members would also be cared for.All of them died in the Oshakati State Hospital, where they were admitted when they became weaker.Isaks told The Namibian that Lironga Eparu had opened its doors in the Oshana Region at the end of Novemberand, since then, had gained approximately 370 members who, from that time until today, had gone public on their HIV-AIDS status.According to Isaks, Lironga Eparu was to receive money from donors for orphans in the Oshana Region – especially for HIV-AIDS orphans.She added that she would see to it that the orphans of their members would also be cared for.