Community🇮🇩
Balikpapan Peer Support Group
Run by people who have been through adjusting to a disability and living with hiv themselves.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
Living with HIV support in Indonesia
For people living with HIV and those newly diagnosed. Talk with people in Indonesia who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
Next gathering in the Indonesia circle: Weekly check-in ·
If you need someone right now
Help for living with HIV in Indonesia
Professional🇮🇩
Bayu Counselling
A small team supporting ms, parkinson's, als and neurological conditions and organ transplant. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
Professional🇮🇩
Northside Debt Advice, Bogor
A small team supporting chronic pain and organ transplant. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
From people who came through it
“A note for the next person. I was where you are in 2022. It was one pill a day and I couldn't see past it. Last month I had people round for dinner. The bad days get further apart. One day at a time.”
Wael W · been through living with hiv“To whoever needs this: I was where you are this time last year. It was u=U and believing it and I couldn't see past it. This year I did a 5k, slowly. The bad days get further apart. From someone who gets it.”
dad.autumn81 · been through living with hiv“You just found out. Everything feels upside down. I know. For weeks I couldn't say the word out loud. But the pills work. The doctor explained U=U, and I'm still learning to trust it. You don't have to tell anyone yet. Take your medicine. Go to your appointments. Find one person you can trust, even if it's a nurse. It's not the end of your life. It's a different beginning.”
Cherry A · been through living with hiv“maybe you just found out. or maybe you've known for a while. either way, it's heavy. the pill is tiny. the fear is huge. tell one person you trust. for me that was grace. she didn't act weird about it. the undetectable thing is real, it's science, not just a promise. but the fear might stick around for a bit. that's fine. find something to hold onto. for me it's my plants. for you it might be something different. you're not the only one in this, even when it feels like it. (i know, i dislike that phrase too. but it's true.)”
Silver Thunder · been through living with hiv