Advocacy

Family Day for HIV affected children

by PT Foundation

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THE PROBLEM

The 2nd Chance Program is attempting to raise funds to finance a day of outdoor activities for HIV infected and affected children and their caregivers. These children mostly come from low income families and are therefor unable to enjoy leisure activities with their families, which is important for their psycho-social development. As our children often have a background of abuses and mistreatment for which they are currently assigned to the cares of families different from their original parents, it is important for them to create a bond and trust with their caregivers. 

THE SOLUTION

With this in mind, this event is meant for the children to enjoy themselves, but also has the specific objective of reinforcing the bonding between children and caregivers and building trust, which is critical for children's psychological health and their ability to develop social skills.

We expect a total number of 50 participants to the event, hence we need your help to support us!

THE IMPACT

The event will strenghten children's social skills, such as communication, team building, emotion sharing, empathy, which are key abilities for their personal development. 

Goal Breakdown

Goal 1 - bus to the location of the event. Amount Needed: MYR1,000.00

Goal 2 - t-shirts for the event. Amount Needed: MYR900.00

Goal 3 - safety kit. Amount Needed: MYR100.00

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About the Organization/Project behind this Campaign

PT Foundation

PT Foundation (previously known as Pink Triangle Foundation) is a 33 years old NGO leading in HIV field in Malaysia. We provide prevention, testing and treatment for HIV. We also provide support and care for people infected and affected with HIV especially the marginalized and vulnerable community including refugees, migrants and undocumented.

Our 2nd Chance program provides psychosocial support, and academic mentorship and empowerment program including basic skills to HIV infected and affected children and caregivers. We aim to provide sustainable care, hope and opportunities to poor mothers, youth, and children who are infected or affected by HIV.

More than 80% of our beneficiaries are Muslim. Most of our children are from low income and broken family. Most children are suffering from poor academic performance as they are not attending the school regularly due to poverty and discrimination due to their HIV status. Some children are the survival of domestic and sexual abuse; some are engaging with delinquent activities.

Mental health is very crucial and important as untreated condition can lead to suicidal, depression, a behavioural problem which can later lead to crime. Therefore, we are providing one to one and support group sessions to the children and women to help them to recover from the trauma, depression, anxiety and behavioural problem.

Many of these children need personal mentorship to encourage them to complete high school. Therefore, we provide one to one academic mentorship to guide the children to enjoy learning and tailor it to their capacity and focus span. The program is designed creatively to provide individualized services as we believe one size do not fit all.

Most of the caregivers (mothers) are self-employed or unemployed due to their HIV status. Many of them are the survival of domestic violence where their husband is drug abusers who have been sentenced to prison. Drug abuse is a crime in Malaysia and due to this, many ex-convicted unable to find a job to provide for their family which lead the cycle of domestic and drug abuse to be continued again. Therefore, we also provide empowerment and skill program to help these mothers to generate income to provide to their children.

Our services include shelter-homes or HIV-positive young adults, outreach sessions and guiding other NGOs which serving children at-risk.

Due to Covid-19, many services have been shifted to online and phone services but we are expecting to return to our routine fully in Jan 2021.