PT Foundation's Volunteer Open House

Dear All,

We will be having PT Foundation’s Volunteer Open House (Volunteer Induction & Gathering).

The details are as below:

o Date: 18^th July 2010 (Sunday)

o Time: 2.30pm to 5pm

o Venue: PT Foundation Headquarters (7C/1, Jalan Ipoh Kecil, Off Jalan Raja Laut, 50350 Kuala Lumpur)

o Who should attend: All volunteers (both new and old) from all the programmes (Drug Users, Men who have Sex with Men, Postive Living, Sex Worker & Transsexual). Anyone from the general public interested in volunteering with PT Foundation is also invited.

o Dress Code: Casual

Agenda:

a. HIV in Malaysia – Global scenarios, Malaysian trend, MARP trends, our research data and the impact

b. Intro to PTF – organisational background, vision, mission, intro to Programmes

c. Role of volunteers – Types of volunteers, volunteer expectations and code of conduct & current volunteer vacancies

d. Updates on our upcoming events and other happenings (where we need volunteers)

· Kurma Project for Hari Raya

· Jom Chow Kit

· Fundraising to upgrade the HQ

· Source for sponsors for Ikhlas DIC for furniture

e. Q&A & filling up of the volunteer registration form

f. Refreshments and networking

Objectives:

1) To build a better relationship with our volunteers

2) To appreciate our existing volunteers

3) To inform current updates, upcoming events, projects and programmes of PTF

4) To recruit volunteers for upcoming projects

Kindly RSVP your attendance to us by/before the 16th of July (Friday) via email (ptf@ptfmalaysia.org). Thanks everyone!

For more information, please get in touch with Julian or Jeremy at 03-4044 4611 or please email us at ptf@ptfmalaysia.org.

AIDSAware photoshoot sneak peek part 4!

So. We had our 4th, and possibly our last photo shoot. You know the drill by now, so let's just cut to the chase, shall we? Here are some new behind the scenes shots of our 4th photo shoot we held yesterday.

Before I forget, here are the first three photo shoots for all you new readers:

1. AIDSAware photoshoot sneak peek part 1
2. AIDSAware photoshoot sneak peek part 2
3. AIDSAware photoshoot sneak peek part 3

Sarimah Ibrahim

Amber Chia getting made up

Pete Teo

Sarah Lian

Mizz Nina

Tony Eusoff

Yasmin Hani

Deborah Henry

Hope you guys enjoyed all the sneak peeks!

Please support our AIDSAware campaign in whatever way you can. Drop an email to ptf@ptfmalaysia.org or call 03 4044 4611 Mondays to Fridays 9.00 am to 6.00pm to volunteer. Another way to help is to go to PT Foundation's website to find out how YOU can donate to support our cause.

Thank you!

PT Foundation's Community Meeting!

PT Foundation will be organising a Community Meeting (for all 5 PTF communities = Drug Users, MSM, People Living with HIV, Sex Workers & Transexuals) as per the details below:

Date: 19 June 2010

Day: Saturday

Time: 3pm to 5pm

Venue: Positive Living (PL) DIC, 5th Floor, Wisma TanCom, 326 & 328, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, 50350 Kuala Lumpur

The community meeting is open to everyone and all those who are involved in the programmes.

Purpose of the meeting is as follows:

1. Update the Community on key developments concerning PT Foundation's past activities:
- HIV prevalence among TS, SW and PL (brief points only)
- Recent Raids and PT's stance on the raids
- AIDS Memorial Day events in May 2010
- New VCT Center
- PT Foundation reps in MAC Exco

2. Updates on coming events and programmes:
- PT Foundation's 5 Year Strategic Plan Action Plan
- Jom Chow Kit event July 2010
- World AIDS Day event Dec 2010
- AIDS Aware Celebrity Launch Event
- Updates on the Global Fund application for PTF
- Updates on Malaysia's National Strategic Plan 2011-15

3. Proposed Review of PT Foundation Communities Core Groups Performance and Representation in the Exco
- Suggestions for improvement
- Community Feedback

Hope to see you there!!

KopiTalk on Being Gay & Religious. Can you be both?

BEING gAY & BEING RELIGIOUS...

cAN YOU BE BOTH?

Date: 19 Jun 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 3.00pm – 6.00pm

who you will meet & WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This session is designed as a safe space for gay or bisexual men for those between the ages of 18 & 30 years old

SESSION methodology

· Sharing of personal experiences

· Discussion on issues

· Gain the insight and ideas from the experience shared by others

Programme Facilitator

Eddy Lee is a freelance lecturer in Philosophy and Religion. Eddy is also a VCT counsellor at PT Foundation and currently pursuing a Master in Guidance & Counseling at UPM. As an ardent believer in the principle of all religions come from the same source, Eddy hopes and prays one day humanity will discover the true divinity that lies within every human self.

“Behind all religions was a single reality that might be called God” Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886)

*Note: - Admission is open to all but limited to first-come-first-served basis

- Register now as places are limited! RSVP your name, age and contact details to kopitalk@ptfmalaysia.org by/before Wednesday (17 Jun 2010) at 12noon.

- Materials & refreshments included

- Please contact Jeremy or Julian via email or telephone to register

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Jeremy Kwan

KopiTalk Coordinator
Many Lights for LGBT Human Rights
Pink Triangle Malaysia for MSM and Gay Community
PT Foundation
7C-1 Jalan Ipoh Kecil, Off Jalan Raja Laut
50350 Kuala Lumpur
T. 03-4044 4611 F. 03-4044 4622
www.ptfmalaysia.org

AIDSAware photoshoot 3rd Sneak Peek!!!

Joannabelle

So we had our third photo shoot and I'm sure all of you just HAVE to see our behind the scenes shots.

This time, we had more behind the scenes type of shots because we wanted to give you an idea of what goes into the entire photoshoot.

Here are the first two photoshoots:
1. AIDSAware photoshoot sneak peek part 1
2. AIDSAware photoshoot sneak peek part 2

Here are the pictures from our third photoshoot:

Elaine Daly in the make-up room


Daphne Iking


(from left) Daphne Iking, Joannabelle and Raj Aria hanging out

Aishah Sinclair

Aliza Elizabeth enjoying her photoshoot

Will Quah

(can you give a 'cleaner' pose, Will, please? Thanks)

(yes, that's better) ;)

Sazzy Falak showing part of her message

We had a few others. But this is a sneak peek, people, we don't want to give everything away, now do we? You'll just have to wait for the release!

Thanks for reading. Come back next week to see a sneak peek to our last photoshoot!

Celebration lunch for Mother's Day 2010

On the 22^nd of May 2010, Positive Living Programme of the PT Foundation organized a Mother’s Day Celebration lunch for HIV positive mothers at AJ Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur.

The get together was the brainchild of Fauziah Ismail, one of the outreach workers for Positive Living who felt that such a get together was needed to get the HIV mothers together to share their experiences in a more informal way. It is also a chance for them to get to know one another better and to form friendship through such activities.

The staff of Positive Living was on hand to welcome more than 30 mothers who attended the luncheon. The occasion was a huge success and our guests were treated to a delicious traditional Johor cuisine, specially made Mother’s Day cakes, gift bags, and a donation from PT Foundation.

The lunch and gift bags were sponsored by PT Foundation’s EXCO Secretary, Shamsu Yusof.

AIDSAware photoshoot sneak peek part 2

Anyone want a sneak peek/behind the scenes look at the second photo shoot we had on Wednesday?

Here's the first photshoot: http://ptfoundation.blogspot.com/2010/05/sneak-peek.html

Enjoy!

Jehan Miskin

Joey G

Niki Cheong

Xandria Ooi

Danielle Graham

Datuk Marina Mahathir

Melissa Indot

Asha Gill

That's it until next week, you guys. Hope you liked it!

PT's response to Fridae’s feature on the police raids on massage centers

Fridae's feature: Click here

1 June 2010

PT Foundation is concerned to see the increase in the number of raids on the venues where we carry out our HIV prevention work.

In raiding these businesses the authorities involved are negatively impacting the public health programmes we run at PT Foundation.

The communities most affected by HIV in Malaysia are already very marginalized and this activity will drive them further underground thus making our work more difficult and HIV prevention harder to achieve.

It is unfortunate that the police had tipped off the local media to intentionally seek maximum publicity on the raids conducted. The media hype further deters operators of such premises from taking part in harm reduction programmes with PT Foundation.

PT Foundation will continue to work with the Malaysian AIDS Council on the following steps to support our HIV prevention programmes:

• Document all cases to ensure an accurate record of these activities is captured
• Dialogue with the authorizes involved to highlight the HIV prevention and public health issues involved
• Meeting with specific media owners to dialogue and educate them on the impact of their reporting
• Workshop for the business owners to build their capacity on how to ensure our HIV prevention programmes can continue to run in their venues.