March 15th 2011 staff from Mother of Perpetual Help Center and group leaders from various groups in Nong Bua Lamphu and outlying Districts met to prepare for an up-coming camp to bring about more education and awareness about HIV and Aids. There will be two camps - the first for young homosexual men - better known here in Thailand as "Ladyboys or Katois", the second for Junior High students in schools.
There has already been one camp in co-operation with Aids Net for "ladyboys" and follow-up work within groups here in the city of Nong Bua Lamphu. This second camp is to reach out further to groups in ouylying Districts and to create a network of leaders to do their own follow-up among these groups to bring about more awareness about the dangers of having multi-partner and un-safe sex.
The second camp to be held later among the youth in schools will have a two day follow-up in each of the schools. Camps and follow-up work has been done in all of the Districts within the Province of Nong Bua Lamphu already over the past six years - these new activities will reach out to an entire new generation of students in all of these schools. Thanks to Misereor in Germany and other funding agencies in Germany and America these important activities can continue and hopefully will help to bring about a decrease in the spread of Aids.
There has already been one camp in co-operation with Aids Net for "ladyboys" and follow-up work within groups here in the city of Nong Bua Lamphu. This second camp is to reach out further to groups in ouylying Districts and to create a network of leaders to do their own follow-up among these groups to bring about more awareness about the dangers of having multi-partner and un-safe sex.
The second camp to be held later among the youth in schools will have a two day follow-up in each of the schools. Camps and follow-up work has been done in all of the Districts within the Province of Nong Bua Lamphu already over the past six years - these new activities will reach out to an entire new generation of students in all of these schools. Thanks to Misereor in Germany and other funding agencies in Germany and America these important activities can continue and hopefully will help to bring about a decrease in the spread of Aids.
