AIDS Education

 

The Director of Baan Nor Giank has initiated an Aids awareness programmed in conjunction with Medicines Sans Frontier's, for the Staff of Baan Nor Giank. PEOPLE DO NOT CATCH HIV / AIDS BY TOUCHING, HOLDING, CARING FOR HIV / AIDS PATIENTS;  there is nothing to fear if one is careful and takes normal hygiene precautions.  Therefore feel free to visit our baby home, pick up the kids, hug them, give them a feeling of warmth and love. Finally, we know that the needs of HIV positive children are very great, our hope is that we can alleviate the isolation and misery of these young lives.  The HIV negative children can, if given the opportunity, go on to be adopted and lead productive lives in loving families. The HIV positive babies / children at Baan Nor Giank may also be adopted / fostered of the prospective parents meet the criteria required by the Department of Public Welfare.  Thank you for reading and we look forward to your kind and generous support to provide a future for the least capable to fend for themselves in our society, the babies and children who have been abandoned. The Facts  : The total number of HIV infected in Thailand is estimated at over 1 million people. The number of injecting drug users that are HIV+ has risen from 40% in 1997 to 51% in 2000. The number of HIV+ pregnant women is 1.7% the same as at the end of 1997. At the end of 1997  290,000 women and 14,000 children were infected. (0-15 yrs.).  The cumulative number of orphans is 44,000.