Cafe Positive - A Positive Initiative Towards The Acceptance Of Hiv

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The fact that Café Positive is run by HIV+ youngsters is the best thing about it. It works for a social cause that helps in eradicating negative feelings and thoughts about these warriors. There are still sections of society who look down on these people and isolate them but the kind-hearted Kallol Ghosh started this café to put an end to this. Let’s take you through the journey of the café and what motivated him to go about with it.

Café Positive – Introduction
Café Positive is a café which is one of its kinds that is tucked away in a tiny garage in Jodhpur Park in Kolkata. The most unique thing about the café is that it is run by a team of HIV+ teenagers, both men, and women. It is the dream come true of 11 HIV+ teenagers. Kallol Ghosh, the brain behind Café Positive, came into their lives as their guardian angel and savior by leading the path of bringing happiness into their lives and work towards eradicating negative thoughts about these HIV+ people.

Founder’s Background
Kallol Ghosh, a social worker, founder of Café Positive, and a guardian angel of these teenagers had a word with ...
... the Ministry of Human Resources Development and the UN putting forward his idea. After volunteering with organizations like UNICEF and UN, Kallol Ghosh established Organization for Friends and Energies and Resources called OFFER, in the year 1986. It is a non-governmental organization that provides healthcare, education, and shelter facilities to underprivileged children and youngsters who are affected by HIV/AIDS. When these children turn 18 they are trained to be efficient employees of the café.