Interview to bubba

Narrator: Good morning America! I´m  Jonathan de la Rea and I´m here in Africa to interview how kids with aids feel and how people can help them. Here we are with Buba Mandela to tell us about his life. Hi Buba, can you tell us how did you caught aids?

            Buba: Hi Jonathan, I´m proud to say that I´ve learnt how to live with this horrible illness which some people call aids I inherited it from my parents. When my mum was younger, my same age, 17, she caught it from a neighbour. From this moment her life was ruined. When she met my father she didn’t tell him about aids because she loved him. Symptoms started immediately so my dad noticed he was living with aids, he waited until I was born to tell my mum. They argued and decided that I must go to live with my dad because they got divorced, but I could see my mother every two weeks.

            Narrator: your story touched my heart; did your mum know this could happen? Why didn’t she have any precautions?

            Buba: My mum was a teenager and she didn’t know the consequences of what she was doing, so she didn’t had precautions.

            Narrator: since you realised you had aids did you suffer any kind of discriminations?

            Buba: yes, when I was 11 I did. My classmates started to segregate me and nobody wanted to share any time with me. They thought this illness was contagious if they touched me. These years were difficult since I spent most times at home alone. My father decided that I had to change school so I could meet new friends. This experience in the new school was very different since the first day at the other school, my classmates integrated me, they weren´t scared about aids at all.

            Narrator: that´s a good thing to hear about. In addition, Buba tell us, you won the most important contest in your country, tell us about it.

            Buba: yes, when I moved to my new school I began to feel more comfortable, normal and special as my classmates. I was feeling so excited because of this acceptance that I wanted to do many things. I have always liked mathematics and really don’t find it difficult at all. I love to solve complex problems since I´m a very rational person. When my teacher told us about the contest, I automatically enrolled. It was a hard task but with the help of my classmates and my own effort, I could pass the exam and won the prize. At the age of 11, I thought that nothing made sense, I wanted to die. After I was 12, I understood that we have to size our life and live it fully in spite of everything.