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Sisters
of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
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Moo 15, Ban Kasetsuk, Maeka Sub-District, Muang district,
Phayao 50000 Tel. 66-1885-3207 |
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| Year of Establishment 1996 | |
| Co-ordinator | |
| Sr. Mercedes Karuna Placino, DC. | |
| Personnel | |
| 3 religious sisters, 1 staff member and 7 local volunteers | |
| Target group | |
| 1. | People living with HIV and AIDS patients |
| 2. | Families of people living with HIV and AIDS patients |
| 3. | Affected children |
| Target Area | |
| 12 sub-districts in Muang District, and 4 sub-districts in Phugarmyao Minor District, Phayao Province | |
| Objectives | |
| 1. | To provide welfare with basic necessities for people living with HIV and AIDS patients and scholarship for affected children. |
| 2. | To do home visitation to people living with HIV and AIDS patients and their families. |
| 3. | To provide counselling to people living with HIV and AIDS patients and their families. |
| 4. | To provide accurate information on AIDS to people living with HIV and AIDS patients and their communities. |
| 5. | To give education to local communities on prevention of new infection. |
| 6. | To develop associations of PLHAs by supporting organisation of PLHAs to implement different activities. |
| 7. | To co-ordinate with state agencies and private organisations to give assistance to the target groups. |
| Activities | |
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Implement children help children project through savings activity as a means to train children to help other less-fortunate children. At present, there are 15 groups in 15 sub-districts. |
| 2. | Provide living expenses for people living with HIV and AIDS patients according to their needs. |
| 3. | Visit homes of people living with HIV and AIDS patients. |
| 4. | Support organisation of PLHA groups for mutual care among themselves. |
| 5. | Co-ordinate with various Catholic organisations in Chiangmai Diocese. |
| 6. | Co-ordinate with local communities to implement activities on different traditional occasions. |
| 7. | Co-ordinate with 100 schools in Phayao Province to take care of affected and infected children. |
| 8. | Co-ordinate with UNICEF to expand educational opportunity by providing scholarship to affected children. |
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Update March 2011