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My name is Lyubov. I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan. I am 35 and HIV positive. I found out about my HIV status in 2004 when I was 19. It sounded like a death sentence, and I could not believe it was happening to me. Back then, I feared I would only live for a few more years and never have children.
Several years ago Bakhytgul (name changed) and her family arrived from Mongolia to northern Kazakhstan. She was participating in the “Oralman” initiative by the Government of Kazakhstan, which encourages ethnic Kazakhs living abroad to return to their historic homeland. Despite receiving assistance from the government, the family struggled to make ends meet. For instance, Bakhytgul and her family could not afford the monthly rental fee to live in the subsidized housing provided through the Oralman program. Bakhytgul started sewing Kazakhstani apparel and household items to make a living, but without her own sewing machine, she was unable to earn enough to support her family.
On Thursday, November 21, USAID Asia Deputy Assistant Administrator (DAA) Javier Piedra and Vice Minister of Energy, Republic of Kazakhstan, Sungat Yessimkhanov signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the United States Agency for International Development and the Government of Kazakhstan to help establish a Central Asian regional electricity market.
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