Ploenchit Fair at the British Embassy

What is the Ploenchit Fair?

The Ploenchit Fair is quite simply Bangkok’s Big Day Out. Arguably the biggest Fair in Asia, it has been part of the social scene in Thailand since the first Fair was held in The British Embassy in 1957.  The original British Embassy building is no longer.

Suchat on the Mend

On our last visit, 4th July 2018, the Rejoice Team and healthcare volunteers from Chiang Dao Hospital found Suchat very ill.
He had stopped taking his medicine for over 10 months thinking that he was cured of HIV.

Chai Prakan House Calls

People living with HIV receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) which involves regular hospital visits, especially at the start of the therapy to determine which combination is the optimum for each patient. The drugs can have strong side-effects,

Scholarship Appeal

Rejoice currently directly assist over 1000 HIV+ patients and their families regularly on a weekly basis. The children of these patients and HIV/Aids orphans are eligible for educational scholarships. Currently 95 children have scholarships or are seeking scholarships through Rejoice.

  HIV/Aids Class at Baan Muang Na School

Baan Muang Na School is situated close to the Myanmar border. It is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural in that the students are of Tai Yai (Shan), Lahu, Han Chinese and Thai backgrounds. The language of the school is Thai but the language of the home is usually that of the ethnic origin.

Keanoi School (Education and Prevention) August 2018

Our Education and Prevention programme continues in schools and communities given to basic, age appropriate, reproductive health education of youth. This has been achieved by networking with healthcare workers, schools and local communities together with other NGO’s. The objective of the meetings is to reduce unwanted pregnancies and to educate youth, so that they are aware how HIV and other sexually diseases are transmitted and how they can be prevented.

 Patana School pre-med students visit Rejoice

Each summer over the past 4 years, groups of pre-med students from Patana International School, Bangkok have visited Maekok River Village Resort activity centre. During their visit Rejoice, together with the Resort staff and hospital staff, organise visits to hospitals in Chiang Mai Province.

Rejoice Foundation July 2018 Newsletter

We are pleased to attach the July 2018 Newsletter, detailing an update of our work with people living with HIV in Northern Thailand over the past six months.

Adherence to Therapy a Problem for Many Teenagers

Suchat is now 16 years old and HIV positive since birth. We featured Suchat in a previous SWAY, "Impact and Outcomes". These previous notes are added here for completeness.

We are very concerned for Suchat, a Lahu boy who will be 15 years old on 8th January 2017. He lives in the village of Hua Jakan where over 90% of the villagers are Lahu.

Formula Milk Top-Up

On Tuesday 26 June 2018 Rejoice and Hiv Health Care Volunteers, Daeng and Loy, from Mae Ai Hospital visited the homes of two families who have recently welcomed new additions. The babies live in the villages of Baan Doikeaw and Baan Doilaem overlooking the Shan hills on the Myanmar border about 15 kilometres from Mae Ai in Northern Thailand. to their numbers.

On Tuesday, 12th June the Rejoice team visited Mae Ai district. The purpose was to visit 2 schools on the Myanmar border, Jaophorluangupatham 9 school and Ban Huaykokmhoo School and conduct an Education and Prevention session for the students and provide related information for the hospital staff regarding the level of HIV/Aids awareness that exists within remote communities;

It is now the end of the school’s year and the students are taking their long school vacation.  This is the best time to visit the remote communities and hold HIV education and prevention sessions within the villages.