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Here are some images of work carried out by LYAP.
Caring for the children
LYAP provides a wide-ranging program of care and support for
children infected with and affected by HIV. This includes:
- Establishing provincial and district networks for
the support of those children who are the most seriously
affected by HIV/AIDS
- Support activities for children and young people, in
connection to PLWHA self-help groups
- Access to welfare benefits
- Education assistance, micro-credits and loans
- HIV/AIDS/STI awareness raising activities among
children and youth, with a special focus on girls and
children in rural communities
- Access to treatment of the opportunistic
infections and access to antiretroviral drugs
- Establishment and strengthening of PLWHA self-help
groups
- Capacity building and supervision on psychological
and psychosocial aspects of HIV/AIDS, and on counseling/psychotherapy
- Income generation
- Economical support after deaths and funerals
- Food assistance
Income generation
Social stigma can make it hard for HIV+ people to work normally. LYAP has
two fully-equipped workshops where infected people can work on craft products which are then
sold to raise money in our shop in Vientiane.
Scholarships
Children who are HIV+ are doubly disadvantaged in that their
parents are likely unable to work so there will be no money to pay
for school fees. Here we award scholarships to enable some children
to continue with their education.
Youth activities
LYAP organizes extra-curricular activities for the college age students and
out-of-school young people, comprising training camps on weekends and holidays.
These activities have a great impact in providing opportunities
for the participants particularly
those who have left school and are without employment to explore and develop
their talents to the utmost. Development of leadership skills is
particularly important in helping children and young people prepare for
life after the death of an AIDS-affected parent.
An art competition to design a poster encouraging people
not to abandon HIV affected relatives and neighbours.
All types of marginalised communities are included.
Theatre performance
We use performance theatre as an aid to public debate
around issues of gender, sexuality and health, including
HIVAIDS and TB prevention and also care, support and stigma
reduction among people living with HIV.
Grants and loans
We make some grants and interest-free
loans to HIV+ people to help with small-scale income
generation such as rice growing or fish farming.
Information and education
Safe sex education continues to be important for older
schoolchildren in the battle to restrict the spread of HIV.
MSM
Men who have sex with men (MSM) do not have the same access to
information and support as they do in many more developed countries. Our programme
includes peer outreach activities, distribution of free condoms and
lube, STI information and referral to health services.
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