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Programmes/ Projects Supported by ATF

2010

Programmes / Projects supported by the AIDS Trust Fund in January 2010

PPE 594 PM
Application: Project Touch
(Executive Summary submitted by the applicant)
Applicant: The Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong
Objectives: The aims of this programme are:-
  1. To provide early intervention and promote sustainable behavioral change among teen MSM through intensive community based, peer-led multi-leveled early intervention. A diverse and youth centered mode of service delivery, including multi-media community education campaign, multi session group intervention, peer education, peer support network and intensive individual follow up will be provided to increase the awareness of teen MSM towards their vulnerability to HIV, to raise their HIV/STI knowledge, to understand their risk limits and personal boundary and to master negotiation skills in regards to conduct use.
  2. To empower and mobilize young MSM to take charge in the prevention campaign and develop new initiatives that truly meet the need of MSM.
  3. To mobilize teachers, social workers and MSM parents in the prevention campaign.
  4. To recruit, train, mobilize and support young MSM popular opinion leaders to effectively spread safer sex messaged to their peers.
  5. To reach out hard-to-reach, young and newly come out MSM online and encourage condom use and regular testing.
  6. To provide early HIV education and risk prevention to teenagers without sexual experience.
  7. To provide HIV and syphilis testing for young MSM in non-covered areas and to encourage regular testing habit.
  8. To provide in depth counselling to high risk MSM.
  9. To encourage condom use, regular testing and mutual dialogue among MSM couples.
Project Duration: 15 June 2010 to 14 June 2013
Contact Person: Ms. YAU Yuk-lan
Room 203, Lung Poon Court Commercial Centre
Diamond Hill
Kowloon
Telephone: 2320 4005
Fax: 2328 6401