Formerly an IDU and a regular alcoholic. Mr. Erothe tested positive in 2009, Recalling his first World AIDS Day in the year 2009 he remembers how his bold step encouraged by KpNP+ stood in a crowd to share his life before and after infection which he never stood up in such a crowded place in his lifetime. Today he heads the PLHIVs of Kiphire District as President of KpNP+. He states that; "Denial lasted for over a year. I wasn't ready to start thinking about dying so I just ignored the whole thing. It wasn't until I started visiting KpNP+ where I started thinking about trying to fight this thing inside me.