HIV Awareness raising in prisons and communities

Unfortunately, most prisons have closed their doors for outsiders currently. This is due to the high numbers of COVID-cases, of which many are in prisons. Many inmates get infected, as most prisons here are overcrowded, and practicing social distancing is hardly possible. 

For Siam-Care, this is a sad situation, as we want to go into prisons to train and counsel the inmates. After prisons started to open their doors again when the number of infections had gone down, it was quite frustrating to see all prisons close their doors again. There isn't much we can do currently, and that feels frustrating! We know that many inmates are struggling and we would love to help.

One thing that we can do and have been doing, is handing out face masks. Unfortunately, there aren't enough masks to protect the inmates from getting infected. We can't do much, but we hope that by providing masks, we can make somewhat of a difference. We have handed out thousands of masks and, with your support, will keep on doing so, as long as we deem this necessary. Thank you for helping us help the inmates!