Stella
Maris Center,Songkhla
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Under
Catholic Commission for Migrants and Prisoners
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4/17
Rat-Utis 2 Road, Bor Yang Sub-District, Muang District, Songkhla
Tel. 66-7431-3409, Fax.66-7431-3409
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Current
Clients : Stella Maris Centre, Songkhla, has been set up to provide
pastoral care to seafarers and workers in sea going ships. Stella
Maris Centre, Songkhla, Provides assistance to indivuals and groups
on an humanitarain basis. |
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Year
of Establishment : 1993 |
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Co-ordinator
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Mr.Suchart
Jantalakkana |
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Personnel |
5
Staff members |
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Target
group |
1. |
Seafarers
and seamen. |
2. |
Workers
on fishing boats and in the fishing indusry along sea ports and their
family members, especcialy foreigners. |
3. |
fishing
workers the who are HIV positives or have other health problems and
do not have any helping hands. |
4. |
Detainees,
especialy those who do not have relatives. |
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Target
Area |
Different
piers in Songkhla Province |
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Objectives |
1. |
To provide
knowledge, understanding and correct knowledge on HIV/AIDS to its
target groups with an emphasis to help the target groups to be aware
of dangers and consequences of HIV/AIDS, and a need to help prevent
its infection. |
2. |
To visit
and give encouragement to the sick and help their families to help
themselves, as well as giving assistance on proper care of PLWHA. |
3. |
To
develop worker and community leaders with knowledge on HIV/AIDS and
develop partners in HIV/AIDS prevention. |
4. |
To
give counselling to PLWHA and interested people who need counselling. |
5. |
To
Coordinate with state agencies involved in medical care of PLWHA. |
6. |
To
give assistance to deainees, especially those who do not have relatives. |
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Activities |
1.
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Organise
training for workers and fishing workers at the fishing ports and
in the communities and their living quarters |
2. |
Hold meetng
of volunteers to build capacity of community leaders and promote on
going prevention campaigns. |
3. |
Give counselling
and assistance to those who have problems related to HIV/AIDS |
4. |
Provide
temporary shelter for seamen who are HIV positive, PLWHA and those
who need accommondation for rehabilitation. |
5. |
Provide
temporary shelter for PLWHA |
6. |
Visit ships
and fishing boats at sea ports to study working conditions of seamen. |
7. |
Support
seamen in the practice of religions. |
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