IN FOCUS
Doctor For CARE

This is the story of Ketsadasak Kiettisak, a physician who recalls how she ended up at CARE, an International NGO working under the RHIYA Programme. Ketsadasak explains in this short article her will to take care of young people infected by HIV-AIDS.

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HU RHIYA Trains Additional 31 Village Peer Educators

This article is relating the conduction of a 5 day peer eduction workshop conducted by HU RHIYA, together with the Sanamsay District Project Working Team (PWT) in Attapeu province. It explains how the peer educators are formed and the skills and knowledge they are provided with.

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Phetsone - mother at 16

Through the work of Health Unlimited, peer educators noticed at young girl, particularly typifying the 15-24 target groups the RHIYA focused on. Her name was Phetsone, and she was already a mother and divorced at only 16…This article explains the common story of a young girl in Lao.

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PHIM - formerly working in a Night Club

Peer educators, along with staff from CARE, the Lao Youth Union and local government, are arming the young workers with skills to minimise the risks inherent in the work they do. PHIM, a 24 year old young woman explains her experience working in a night club and what she does now she became a peer educator.

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Sex Workers preventing HIV
Even though sex work is illegal in Lao, this does not prevent the increasing demand for such services…Given the illegality of this activity, nothing is done to help sex workers taking care of their health. However, some former sex workers like Addy advises and empowers her “sisters” like she says, to practice their activity in a much safer way.
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