Know a special Indian matrimonial website for HIV positive people

New Delhi: Anil Valiv of Pune is among those handful of social workers who believe in serving humanity. A government officer in the transport deparment Anil Valiv, 43 founded a matrimonial website for HIV positive people in 2006.He started positivesaathi.com, a free matrimonial website for people suffering from AIDS. More than 5,000 people are now registered with the website.The idea came up when Anil was told by a doctor that an HIV positive man wants to get married desperately.The patient told the doctor that if he would not find an HIV positive match soon, he would marry a healthy woman without telling her about his condition.That made Anil realize that how lonely are these people and it is so difficult for them to find a spouse.They too long for love, support and a family.This made him strike the idea of positivesaathi.com.Now, the website has made a huge success with expansion of its circle.Of the people registered with the website, two thirds are from rural areas despite the fact that there is limited internet access in such areas. Anil Valiv has also organized many matrimonial meetings where HIV positive people find their own match.He publicizes about such meetings through display of posters. Initially, in most of the meetings, men doubled the number of women and they were difficult to open up.Most of the participants shied from attending such meetings and were guilty of their health.But the participation improved once he began to tie up with some non-governmental organisations.He also paid for women's travel costs to encourage participation.His biggest success perhaps was in 2010 when 22 people got married in one day at a meeting in Pune.People like Anil Valiv have made the nation proud by working for a good cause.