MG No. 66548 – HIV/AIDS Awareness and Education in Phangnga and Ranong
Project Description/Objectives:
- To raise awareness amongst communities living in the provinces of Phangnga and Ranong, in southern Thailand, of the impact of HIV/AIDS;
- To increase the knowledge of individuals, families and communities on what causes HIV/AIDS infections and how to prevent their contagion and spread;
- To increase participation of these individuals, families and communities in promoting the prevention of HIV/AIDS infections;
- To strengthen and empower the society to prevent and tackle AIDS related problems;
- To curtail the impact of HIV/AIDS on the economy and health of the target population.
Community Need:
Both provinces are near to Phuket and have high incidences of HIV/AIDS infections. Both were also heavily impacted by the tsunami of 2004, and both also have significant populations of Burmese immigrants/workers and indigenous “Sea Gypsy” people, both of whom often fall through the local education and healthcare safety nets.
The project aims to highlight the problems and implications of HIV/AIDS, educate the communities about them, get prevention and education strategies included in local administration and community institution policies, and set up self-sustaining groups within local institutions and communities to undertake and continue the prevention and education work, as well as to facilitate the re-integration into the local community of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
Cost:
US$ 173,350 over 3 years.
Contributors:
The Rotary Foundation US$ 58,950
Rotary International District 2080, Italy US$ 109,400
Rotary International District 2060, Italy – DDF US$ 3,500
Rotary Club of Bangkok South US$ 1,500 US$ 173,350
Results/Comments:
The project had defined targets of number of institutions, training sessions and people reached for various activities over its three-year course. Results at the end of year 2 were:
HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
| Indicator | Target 3 years | Output 2009 | Output 2010 | Total |
| 1. Activities for getting strategies in local administrations and institutions (places) | 70 | 77 | 38
31 places from 2009. 7 new places. |
115 times
84 places ex repeats |
| 2. Training group leaders on HIV/AIDS prevention (session) | 116 | 45 | 49 | 94 |
| Target group (people) | 3,500 | 1,840 | 2,177 | 4,017 |
| * Fishery workers (Thai and Burmese) (people)
* Students (people) * Villagers (people) |
1,000
1,500 1,000 |
304
915 582 |
319
624 1,273 |
623
1,539 1,855 |
| 3. Follow up / support to action plan (sessions) | 150 | 26 | 44 | 70 |
| * Peer educators
(people) * Support action plan/ activity on AIDS (sessions) |
10%of peer
Educators - |
141
77 |
521
38 31 places from 2009. 7 new. |
662
115 sessions 84 places |
| 4. Activity on World AIDS Day | 3 sessions
500 people per year |
4 sessions
994 people |
4 sessions
830 people |
8 sessions
1,824 people |
Strengthening People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) Program
| Indicator | Target 3 year | Output 2009 | Output 2010 | Total |
| 1. Activity to coordinate with 9 hospitals (hospitals) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 2. Training on opportunistic infections and Anti Retroviral treatments | 12 sessions
200 PLWHA |
4 sessions
94 PLWHA |
6 sessions
102 PLWHA |
10 sessions
196 PLWHA |
| 3. Training on HIV/AIDS communication | 12 sessions
200 PLWHA |
5 sessions
163 PLWHA |
3 sessions
45 PLWHA |
8 sessions
208 PLWHA |
| 4. Providing supportive activity to PLWHA group | 174 sessions
9 groups |
37 sessions
9 groups |
65 sessions
9 groups |
102 sessions
9 groups |
| 5. Providing welfare to PLWHA mothers and children for medical services (cases) | 144 | 47 | 66 | 113 (+ family members) 87 cases got welfare |
| 6. Follow up with HIV/AIDS children and their mothers (cases) | 144 | 93 | 139 | 232 cases (home visits) 109 cases got donation |
A Rotary International Site Monitor, Past District Governor Dr Rajiv Pradhan, inspected this project in February 2011 and he commented:
“You at Rotary Bangkok South are doing very good work with this project and I appreciate that very much.”
Further details here.
