Mothers' Day at Mae Ho Day Care

It is Mothers' Day in Thailand on the 12th August each year.

This year Khun Rath, the carer at Mae Ho Day-care, invited the mothers to help the children prepare lunch.

Restart of Rejoice E&P

After almost three years, many schools in Thailand have been closed due to the covid-19 pandemic. Rejoice restarts the Education and HIV Prevention Programme.  The first School visited, was in the village of Baan Muang Kong which lies 100 km north west of Chiang Dao behind Doi Luang Chiang Dao mountain.

Back to School

Here in Chiang Mai the schools and day-cares have already re-opened. Colleges and Universities are planning to fully open to on-site learning next month.

We have already started distributing essential supplies to Mae Ho daycare and next month we will approach schools as to scheduling 'Education and Prevention' meetings.

Family in Need Revisited

Following the death of her mother in May 2021, Mad Lungpan (age 19) and her younger brother San (15) and baby sister, Sasikan (3) moved from their home in Chiang Dao to Wiang Haeng to stay with their grandparents.

Sjaak (RIP)

I received an email from Ellen with the sad news that Sjaak had died peacefully on 6th January 2022.

Winston's and Jeannette's Trip

On Christmas Day 2021, Winston Wong and his daughter Jeannette, together with Rejoice, visited 5 Day-Care centres with 120 children under their care close to the Myanmar border in Chiang Mai province. The purpose of the visit was to share the Christmas joy with the children & teachers in the form of a treat (ice cream & snacks) and distributing warm clothing, socks, stationary & essential provisions.

Wiang Haeng Family Revisited

Following the death of her mother in May 2021, Mad Lungpan (age 19) and her younger brother San (15) and baby sister, Sasikan (3) moved from their home in Chiang Dao to Wiang Haeng to stay with their grandparents.

During the past 7 months the Covid-19 pandemic as affected the lives of people all over the world, currently the variant, Omicron, is poised to spread to South East Asia.

Wendy's Jewel Box

Wendy is a long time supporter of Rejoice and a member of "Friends of Rejoice Singapore", a social network of friends organised by her brother Wight. Wendy has a special talent for creating beautiful bead-work objects which, with a little help from her friends, she sells to raise money for Rejoice.

HIV remains a major public health issue that affects millions of people worldwide.

Although the world has made significant progress in recent decades, important global targets for 2020 were not met.

Division, disparity and disregard for human rights are among the failures that allowed HIV to become and remain a global health crisis. Now, COVID-19 is exacerbating inequities and disruptions to services, making the lives of many people living with HIV more challenging.

Mae Ai Health Check

There are many Hill Tribe and migrants living along the Thai - Myanmar border. Many have been living in Thailand for many years. In the past these people were given special ID cards but there are many who have no official papers at all. For many such people who are infected with the HIV virus access to medical services is very difficult. For example, in Bann Pang Nai there are families who have been living there many years those who have been infected with HIV have to pay for medical services.

The Covid-19 pandemic is causing problems for the rural poor living with HIV. Many of whom are agricultural pieceworkers moving from job to job . Because of the lack of tourists due to the pandemic, the demand for fresh agricultural products has declined dramatically over the past 18 months or so and many of these workers have become unemployed.