1/36 - Monk at Wat Phra Bath Nam Phu

At least one million Thais have been infected with HIV/AIDS since the first reported case in 1984. The rate was increasing at an alarming rate in the 1990s, however, with the society at that time not well aware of what was becoming a major social issue, those affected were cast aside and left to die. Situated in Lop Buri province, 120 kilometers north of Bangkok in central Thailand, the temple was turned into what it is now, an AIDS hospice, by a Buddhist monk named Alongkot Dikkapanyo back in 1992. Since then, the facility has expanded to accommodate 400 beds from an initial number of eight