Suthasini
Noiin Foundation for Children and Youths
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Lay
Christan Foundation
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3
Moo 12, Tadthong Sub-District, Muang District, Yasotorn 35000
Tel. 0-4572-2241, Fax. 0-4572-2241
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Current
Clients : It is a non-profit organisation working to help children
and youth who are in crisis in all aspects of life with proactive
work in communities and schools with various types of media. It also
provide an open house to accommodate infected or affected children,
as well as drug addicted children. At present, it is taking care of
35 children and youth who permanently stay at the Foundation. |
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Year
of Establishment : |
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Co-ordinator |
Ms.
Suthasini Noiin |
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Personnel |
2
religious sisters, 5 staff members and 7 volunteers |
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Target
group |
1. |
Children
and youth from new-born to 18 years old. |
2. |
Community
leaders |
3. |
Affected
children and youth |
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Target
Area |
Public
schools and communities in Yasotorn Province |
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Objectives |
1. |
To provide
accommodation and scholarship to children and youth who are affected
by AIDS and drugs. |
2. |
To co-ordinate
with schools in local communities to provide knowledge on AIDS to
teachers and parents in schools. |
3. |
To
supplement learning process on AIDS in communities to promote positive
attitudes. |
4. |
To
give counselling to PLHAs and the public. |
5. |
To
prevent new infection by giving training on AIDS and dangers of drugs
addiction to the target groups through puppet drama as media to disseminate
the knowledge. |
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Activities |
1.
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Support
infected children and orphans by providing accommodation and education. |
2. |
Give training
on AIDS to youth of the Foundation and in local communities and schools. |
3. |
Provide
supplementary learning process on AIDS and drugs through various media
with an emphasis on "knowledge" and "love". There
is co-ordination with private sector to implement activities in factories.
It also co-ordinates with community members and administrators of
public schools to ask for co-operation in providing proper knowledge
on AIDS to students, teachers and school administrators, 2 classes
a week, through "drama" as a means. These activities help
the students to accept HIV positive students and orphans from HIV
positive families so much so that the latter can continue their study. |
4. |
Co-ordinate
with local communities to give knowledge on AIDS and situation of
drug addiction through puppet drama to prevent new infection. It also
organises forum to discuss issues related to AIDS to provide additional
knowledge to children and youth. |
5. |
Take part
in activities of local communities and schools on various occasions
to deepen relationship. |
6. |
Visit and
give moral support to PLHAs in local communities with a team of foreign
voluntary medical doctors to give medical check-up for PLHAs. |
7. |
Give counselling
to PLHAs in local communities. |
8. |
Support
activities of network of PLHAs. |
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