PT Foundation

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PT Foundation
Yayasan PT
Staff
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Websiteptfmalaysia.org/v2
Formerly called
Pink Triangle Sdn Bhd

PT Foundation (Malay: Yayasan PT) is a community-based, voluntary non-profit making organization providing HIV/AIDS education, prevention, care and support programmes, sexual health and empowerment programmes for vulnerable communities in Malaysia.[2] PT Foundation is the largest community-based HIV/AIDS organization in Malaysia and has benefited more than 100,000 people.[3]

PT Foundation was also one of the seven founding members of the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC).[4]

History

Pink Triangle Sdn Bhd was founded in 1987 to provide a telephone counseling service for HIV/AIDS and sexuality issues. It was founded to cater for

transgender people), commercial sex workers, drug users and people living with HIV.[5]

PT Foundation is the first

NGO in Malaysia to offer HIV/AIDS testing, counseling, prevention, support, referral and care services.[5] Being a member of the MSM community and life partner of Hisham Hussein, Raymond Tai, the chief operating officer of PT Foundation firmly believes that the battle to eliminate stigma and discrimination of HIV/AIDS involved a shift in how soon Malaysia could move from a conservative and judgemental society to one that embraced diversity, irrespective of one's race, religion and sexual orientation.[7]

Services

PT Foundation provides telephone and face-to-face counseling, anonymous HIV and STI screening, outreach programmes, and support for key affected populations mainly drug users, sex workers, transsexuals, men who have sex with men (MSM), and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV).[6]

Community Health Care Centre (CHCC)

CHCC is a centre located in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur. The centre is managed as a social enterprise, where beneficiaries of the programme e.g. the MSM community have to pay fees for HIV and other sexually-transmitted diseases tests and counselling services. The centre is accredited as an Impact Driven Enterprise by the Finance Ministry.[8]

Awards and Accolades

Year Category Award Programme Results Ref.
2006 Special Recognition
UNAIDS
Red Ribbon Award 		Transgender and Transsexuals Programme Won [9]
2007 Malaysian Humanitarian Award
PwC
Award 		Programme on sex workers Nominated [5]
2008 Malaysian NGO of the Year Award by Resource Alliance International PT Foundation Won [5]
The Dr Siti Hasmah Award by Malaysian AIDS Foundation Most Significant Contribution to HIV/AIDS work in Malaysia Won [5]
2018 Community Organization Award APCOM Hero Award For pioneering and internationally respected provider of care, support, education and advocacy for people affected by HIV in Malaysia. Won [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PT Foundation". Simply Giving. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ^ "PT Foundation". Hati.my. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. ^ "Finnish Embassy funding for PT Foundation". Finland.org. 2013-08-27. Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  4. ^ a b "Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Award winner PT Foundation keeps up its helping ways". Malay Mail. 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Malaysia's PT Foundation turns 21". Fridae. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b as noted from their website at http://ptfmalaysia.org/v2/about-us/
  7. ^ "Removing stigma allows those living with HIV". New Straits Times. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  8. ^ Audrey Edwards (2018-08-04). "Three decades on, PT Foundation continues HIV/AIDS outreach work". Malay Mail. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  9. UNAIDS. Archived from the original
    on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  10. ^ Andrey Tan. "HERO AWARDS 2018 FINALIST". APCOM. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

External links

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