Physical Health Thailand Project #8790

Holistic Care for 450 HIV Positive Thai Families

by Siam-Care Foundation

Project Report | Mar 8, 2016
Graduated student or teenage mother?

By Jan-Peter Kelder | Jan-Peter Kelder

At the moment we are working on a corporate video for Siam-Care. It will help us to share our story in an easier way with all our donors. We love showing them the many stories of the many families we support. And show donors how their donations help changing lives. Among other people, we did an interview with Ning, a 23 year old girl. Her story was so touching, that we want to share it with you.

Ning, not her real name, was born in the poorest part of Thailand: Isaan. Her parents were both HIV-infected. Back then medication was not available or very expensive. Hence Ning's parents got weaker and both died when Ning was 6 years old. From that moment on, Ning's grandparents started taking care of her. They didn't have a lot of money, for they were simple farmers. On average they make 4000 Thai Baht a month, a little over a 100 Dollars. This is barely enough to survive, let alone send a child to school.

Same sponsor for 15 years
Siam-Care came into Ning's life when she was 7 years old. We found her a donor which allowed her to go to school. This very donor kept on supporting Ning until she finished university, in the beginning of 2016. We interviewed her in January of this year and we were all very touched by her gratitude. While she shared her story with us, she cried the whole time. She shared that without Siam-Care, she probably would have ended up pregnant at a young age. Subsequently she would not have been able to finish her school and without a diploma, finding a job and taking care of your child, is very difficult.

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Ning shared that Siam-Care is like a family to her. These are her exact words: "Siam-Care is my family, they are my parents and my brothers and sisters. They gave me a chance to escape the wheel of poverty. They gave me a chance to finish my education and find a job. I pray that one day I will be able to work for Siam-Care and give something back. I don't need to make a lot of money. I simply want to do to others what Siam-Care did for me. I am so glad and proud that I am not a teenage mother, but a graduated student with a brigh future a head of me. Thank you for your support, you have made this possible. Please consider donating to Siam-Care, so that they can do the same thing for other children as well.

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Dec 15, 2015
Giving hope in a hopeless situation

By Mariet van Raalte | Volunteer

My name is Mariët and I work as a volunteer for Siam-Care. I would like to share the story of a young woman I met a couple of weeks ago. We visited her in a hospital in Mukdahan, in the poor northeast of Thailand. The woman was in the hospital for a couple of weeks already because she is HIV-infected but she didn't take her HIV-medication so she got ill. She had many problems with her lungs and stomic and had a high fever and diarrhea. Siam-Care's staff told us that she is so weak that she might nog live much longer. It was so sad to hear this. She still was so beautiful and had such a big smile on her face. Yet she was very weak and sick.

When we visited her, we brought her some fruit and other food. The woman had nobody else who was looking after her, not even family members. Siam-Care's staff spoke with her about her situation. Each day the staff prayed for her recovery and when we met again, a couple weeks later the staff was very surprised. The woman told us that she was getting better! No one had expected this, not even the doctors. It was a true miracle! The woman said that she still was afraid. She still didn't have much hope for the future. Our staff then reminded her of her physical improvent and of the prayers we prayed for her. They told her about Jesus who is the Healer and who is always with her. She told us that she was also praying for herself. At the end we prayed with her and then we had to say goodbye. Three days later we were supposed to visit her again, but she wasn't in the hospital anymore! She was healthy enough to go home. I felt so happy for her!

This is a story which tells about the way Siam-Care provides hope in a hopeless situation. Sometimes having hope is more important and more powerful than having the right medication. Without Siam-Care this woman would have had nobody to take care of her. She would have thought that this was her end, there would have been nobody to pray for her and tell her about Jesus. I was really touched by this story and it made me even more enthusiastic about what Siam-Care does. Help them to provide hope to others in need by supporting Siam-Care. Thank you very much!

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Sep 10, 2015
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By Jan-Peter Kelder | Resource Development Manager

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