Madrid, Spain, Dec 1, 2017 / 16:07 pm
December 1 is World AIDS Day and Basida, Spain's largest home for AIDS patients, has been serving them for more than 25 years, opening its first home in 1990.
It is situated on a 30 acre compound in Aranjuez, a town 25 miles south of Madrid. Currently residing there are four families with eight children at risk of social exclusion as well as 44 other individuals.
This initiative began with a group of young people from a parish in Aranjuez who committed themselves to live the Gospel in a radical way and to help those most in need. This commitment and project has grown to include two other homes, one in Avila with 30 patients in rehabilitation, and one in Ciudad Real with 20.
Cristina Alonso, a member of the Basida board of directors and a teacher, told ACI Prensa, "the cornerstone of Basida is faith. We respect everyone's beliefs, but those who live in this home see what our life is like, based on the Gospel, and there are those who participate in this option and adopt this Christian way of living."