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Programmes/ Projects Supported by ATF

2013

Programmes / Projects supported by the AIDS Trust Fund in January 2013

PPE 625 PM
Application: Multi-pronged - Protecting MSM Subgroups from HIV Infection
(Executive Summary submitted by the applicant)
Applicant: Rainbow of Hong Kong
Objectives: The objectives of this project are:
  1. to provide a community friendly and convenient location for a blood testing station;
  2. to provide VCT service in the evenings and on weekends;
  3. to actively encourage more MSM to have blood testing;
  4. to raise awareness of HIV and advocate safe sex practices every time;
  5. to stop the spread of HIV by encouraging early HIV testing with counselling to MSM;
  6. to identify marginalised teenage MSM who are sexually active in Hong Kong;
  7. to provide professional social support to improve their lives, so they can see a better future;
  8. to construct peer support networks to reinforce the importance of maintaining health;
  9. to provide HIV, AIDS, STI and safe sex education to marginalised teenage MSM;
  10. to have 200 marginalised teenage MSM having accessed VCT within the project year;
  11. to identify MSM who attend sex parties in Hong Kong;
  12. to make connections with and provide emotional support to MSM who attend sex parties;
  13. to provide HIV intervention at sex parties with trained counsellors;
  14. to change the attitude of MSM who attend sex parties to self caring and promote safer sex practices;
  15. to have 200 MSM who participate in sex parties receive VCT within the project year;
  16. to reduce new HIV infections among Ethnic Minority MSM (EM MSM) in HK;
  17. to increase awareness of HIV risk among EM MSM;
  18. to affect the use of safe sex practices among EM MSM;
  19. have 200 EM MSM access VCT within the project year;
  20. to provide MSM couples with skills to facilitate healthy relationships by fostering trust, commitment, emotional intimacy and honesty;
  21. to provide single MSM with skills needed to develop and maintain healthy long-term relationships;
  22. to create pamphlets based on the needs and experiences of HK MSM couples to help MSM in HK find and maintain healthy long-term relationships; and
  23. to provide 50 couples with the access to Couples' Counselling with VCT service during the project year (100 MSM).
Project Duration: May 2013 to April 2014
Contact Person: Mr. Sham Tsz Kit, Jimmy
Chief Executive Officer
Mongkok P.O. Box 78882,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Telephone: 2559 1069
Fax: 2769 1010