<p>The Indonesian Network for HIV Infected People (JOTHI) has urged the East Java administration to provide temporary homes for HIV/AIDS sufferers who have been shunned and stigmatized.</p><p>The organization has recorded five cases of people who were abandoned by their families because of their HIV positive status in East Java within the last month, the coordinator of the JOTHI, Ita Adiyarti, said on Thursday.</p><p>That number, however, was only the tip of the iceberg as there were many unrecorded and undisclosed cases, she said.</p><p>People with HIV/AIDS are often shunned by their relatives and friends due to lack of information on the disease, and thus they are left without shelter, according to Ita.</p><p><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/28/east-java-needs-temporary-housing-aids-sufferers-ngo.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2012/12/27/brk,20121227-450716,uk.html">People Still Rejects HIV/AIDS Patients</a> (Tempo Interaktif)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dVij3Kq6jRZ9KvMzjlvsr_KkECOgM&ned=us">2 additional articles.</a></p>