Southeast Asia Map of Grantees (Larger Image)

The Southeast and East Asia region for the Collaborative Fund and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition includes Thailand, Laos, China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia and will be seeking to make contacts in Burma and the Pacific.

The Southeast and East Asia Treatment Education and Advocacy Workshop was held in Pattaya, Thailand from 20 -24 Sept 2004 organised by the Asia Pacific Network of PLWHA (APN+) with a steering committee of activists from around the Asia Pacific region. Sponsored by Tides Foundation, this successful 4-day meeting was attended by 40 participants from eight countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, China and Thailand, a majority of who were people living with HIV and AIDS. An additional 30 resource people, translators, presenters, steering committee members, and observers also participated.

Following the workshop, a process was established receive applications and make recommendations for a total amount of USD 200,000 funding to PLWHA and other community based organisations in the region for HIV treatment preparedness. A Community Review Panel was established, and the CRP met two times - in Bangkok in March 2005, and in Bali in April
2005 - to review received Letters of Intention, to invite full applications from successful LOIs, and then to review these applications.

The current Community Review Panel for Southeast and East Asia is comprised of the following members:

Greg Gray - (Regional Coordinator)
John Daye (Australia)
Paisan Suwannawong (Thailand)
Duong Truong Thuy (Vietnam)
Thomas Zhang (China)
Pen Mony (Cambodia)
Nenet Ortega (Philippines)
Frika Chia Iskander (Indonesia)

Eighteen groups have received a total amount of funding of USD 200,000 to implement projects on treatments education, literacy and advocacy in China, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines.

The projects represent a good balance between urban and rural sites, established and new organisations, and different affected communities including injecting drug users, sex workers, men who have sex with men, and the poor. Also diverse are the sites of intervention: hospitals and government run treatment centres, PLWHA groups, a drug rehabilitation centre, and a Vietnamese centre for labour and education. Many of the programs, if successful, may serve as models for other organisations to replicate. Other projects will produce training materials and other modules which will be shared with other organisations.

Most projects started in June and July 2005 and will run for a year.
Click here for a full list of projects.

The RAC arranged a teleconference to discuss allocation of technical assistance and regional network support funds which has since been disbursed.  All 2005 grant money is disbursed.

The Southeast Asia grantees have submitted six month progress reports and the Highlights of the Southeast Asia Progress Reports are available.  Sample progress reports from Bali Plus, Bright Futures, Cambodia Women's Unity Project, and China AIDS Info are also available.  Please contact us if interested in obtaining other progress reports. 

The grant application for the 2006 round of Southeast Asia grants was available on November 2006.  Please see below for the 2006 Southeast Asia Grant Summaries. 

The Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia is Shiba Phurailatpam
located at the Asia Pacific Network of PLWHA (APN+). Contact him at shiba@apnplus.org.

Southeast Asia Documents
2006 Southeast Asia Grant Summaries
2006 Southeast Asia Letter of Intent
2006 Southeast Asia Proposal Form
Southeast Asia Highlights
Southeast Asia 2005 Grants List
Southeast Asia CRP Report - Bali
Southeast Asia Regional Workshop Report
Southeast Asia Map of Grantees

SoutheastAsia Progress Reports
Southeast Asia Bali Plus Progress Report
Southeast Asia Bright Futures Progress Report
Southeast Asia Cambodia Women's Unity Project Progress Report
Southeast Asia China AIDS Info Progress Report

Southeast Asia Treatment Materials
These materials should be seen as a "package", used during HIV Anonymous meetings. Usually they are read aloud in the group. The materials are relevant to those participating in an HIV Anonymous group, which is/can be run in a manner similar to a Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, where there are prayers, a review of what they were and what they now are, a statement or guideline for living, and providing a setting for a general attitude of asking forgiveness from those who might have been offended or "trespassed" upon. These materials have no particular religious bias and may be used by persons of any faith.

Many of those in HIV Anonymous groups here in Indonesia are addicts, recovering addicts, prisoners and sex workers, all of whom may have engaged in deceitful and violent activities. Indeed, anyone may have done/probably has done such things. HIV Anonymous offers them the potential to seek forgiveness and have a clear heart and mind. It helps in promoting spiritual and emotional healing.

For anyone with HIV, the NA/AA code of living "one day at a time" is extremely relevant to maintaining calm and not wallowing in self pity and depression.  Where people become HIV positive because they are the partners of addicts, or the children of addicts, or health care professionals, or somehow contract the virus, the HIV Anonymous approach might seem, initially, to be "off" or irrelevant to them. But this is not always the case. Many people find the approach useful, emotionally healing, and a good guideline to living.
HIV Anonymous Manual by Yakita (Indonesia) in English
HIV Anonymous Manual by Yakita (Indonesia) in Indonesian
HIV Anonymous Bacaan Inspirasional by Yakita in Indonesian
HIV Anonymous DOA Langkah Pertama by Yakita in Indonesian
HIV Anonymous Penjabaren by Yakita in Indonesian
HIV Anonymous Pertanyan by Yakita in Indonesian

The following materials are other reports or tools developed by Southeast Asia grantees:
KANHNHA Reports of Training Workshops on Dec 2005 and Jan 2006