Living with HIV in the Philippines

The official blog of The Project Red Ribbon Care Management Foundation, Inc. (TRR).

  • TRR LOVE FUND

    TRR Love Fund is the arm of the foundation which provides medical assistance to the financially challenged PLHIV.

  • Care assistance for HIV Test

    The Care Assistant Program involves assistance to HIV testing and HIV and AIDS Treatment hubs in the Philippines. Our volunteers schedule the client to the clinic or hub, assist with the procedure in the clinic or hub and conduct peer counseling

  • HOTLINE ASSISTANCE

    With the TRR Hotline Numbers, our volunteers answer concerns and inquiries about HIV and AIDS, do counselling, refers clients to nearest HIV Testing facility, HIV and AIDS Treatment Hub and government and NGO organizations for support

  • PEER COUNSELING

    The foundation volunteers conduct one-on-one counseling either on the phone or in person. They also conduct group counseling

  • SUPPORT GROUP TALK

    The support group talk (SGT) is a program that involves giving HIV lectures by guest speakers, discuss topics about HIV, care, treatment and support, discussion issues related to HIV

  • OUTREACH PROGRAM

    The foundation's outreach program is geared towards providing support to our fellow PLHIV's in the HIV and AIDS Treatment Hubs. Volunteers hand out of donations of medicines and special gifts to PLHIV, give inspirational talks by invited guests to a group of PLHIV, bonding over snacks or meal, visit the sick who are confined in the hospital

  • Referral System

    As part of treatment, the foundation's referral program involves our volunteers referring clients to specialized doctors who are HIV friendly. The foundation has it's own list of specialty doctors of low cost for the indigent PLHIV.

  • Online Support Group

    The foundation has a private Online Support Group in facebook. This group of advocates, supporters, counselors, health Workers and PLHIV

  • Home Health

    Aside from client counselling, the foundation volunteers also do family counselling and home visitation for awareness and continuance of care.

  • Health Fitness

    The foundation believes in holistic approach to treatment and care, thus inclusion of these programs: yoga, dance, swimming, jogging and running, boot camp workouts

  • EVENTS

    As part of awareness and education program, the foundation organizes its own national events to coincide with the international AIDS events: World AIDS Day and International AIDS Candlelight Memorial

Sunday, February 26, 2017

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HIV Screening Training in Cavite

Project Red Ribbon , the leading Foundation leading the Community- based Screening Project of the Department of Health has trained volunteers of the Cavite Positive Action Group yesterday.








QUESTIONS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS?
WANT TO GET TESTED?
CALL US!

TRR HIV Hotline Numbers 

0915-427-3407
0906-390-1031
0927-287-8210
0975-387-3173

Office: TThS Phone Counselling
9am-4pm
(02) 656-7297


If you want to join a private HIV support group in Facebook, please add Darwin Tenoria, the TRR Program Director and request to be added in the group. We have a lot of PLHIV, counselors, HIV doctors, advocates and supporters who you can talk to.


"Spreading Compassion"

-Project Red Ribbon-



Want to be ASSISTED for the HIV TEST?? 
Check this link:


If you have comments or questions, please click this link:




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HIV/AIDS, HIV in the Philippines, HIV Manila, HIV Philippines, AIDS Manila, AIDS Philippines, HIV Pinoy, Pinoy HIV, HIV Philippines stories



Saturday, February 25, 2017

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HIV Screening in UP Baguio




QUESTIONS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS?
WANT TO GET TESTED?
CALL US!

TRR HIV Hotline Numbers 

0915-427-3407
0906-390-1031
0927-287-8210
0975-387-3173

Office: TThS Phone Counselling
9am-4pm
(02) 656-7297


If you want to join a private HIV support group in Facebook, please add Darwin Tenoria, the TRR Program Director and request to be added in the group. We have a lot of PLHIV, counselors, HIV doctors, advocates and supporters who you can talk to.


"Spreading Compassion"

-Project Red Ribbon-



Want to be ASSISTED for the HIV TEST?? 
Check this link:


If you have comments or questions, please click this link:




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Project Red Ribbon has partrnered with the Cavite Positive Action Group (CPAG) for community based HIV Screening.

 Today, the Project Red Ribbon Trainers will be going to Cavite City to train the members of CPAG for CBH. 

 Project Red Ribbon's is continually looking for partners to conduct our HIV Programs. If you are interested, please call the numbers below or email at contact@oprojectredribbon.org.

QUESTIONS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS?
WANT TO GET TESTED?
CALL US!

TRR HIV Hotline Numbers 

0915-427-3407
0906-390-1031
0927-287-8210
0975-387-3173

Office: TThS Phone Counselling
9am-4pm
(02) 656-7297


If you want to join a private HIV support group in Facebook, please add Darwin Tenoria, the TRR Program Director and request to be added in the group. We have a lot of PLHIV, counselors, HIV doctors, advocates and supporters who you can talk to.


"Spreading Compassion"

-Project Red Ribbon-



Want to be ASSISTED for the HIV TEST?? 
Check this link:


If you have comments or questions, please click this link:




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HIV Screening Chronicles: A 20 Year Old from South Mindanao


Yesterday, Project Red Ribbon received a text message from a 20 year old, who got screened by one of our partners in South Mindanao. He said our number was given to him by the nurse who screened him in the clinic. He contacted us because his HIV Screening turned out to be positive.

 Mark, (not his real name), said that he is not sexually active but had condomless sex before. However, he told us that he has been experiencing rashes, vomiting and frequent diarrhea already. Those symptoms may or may not be related to HIV but since he has not experienced those before, he took the courage to get screened. He told us that he somehow suspected the result but he had to do it. He asked questions if he will live for a long time, if we will be able to continue his work and won't get fired, if we will have children. One by one, we addressed his concerns, and finally told him to go to the treatment hub. We contacted the head nurse of the hub near him and asked him to assist Mark. 

 Later on, we made a follow up and he was already being managed by the hub.

 Mark story is one of the many stories that we receive in the hotline numbers or from our partners conducting the HIV Screening. We are so glad that right now, Project Red Ribbon is the most aggressive organization conducting HIV Screening in the entire country, and by doing so, we are able to help save live.

 Wanna get screened?
Want to be trained to became an HIV Screening Ambassador?
Want your organization, school and company be scheduled for a mass screening?

 Call the numbers below.
QUESTIONS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS?
WANT TO GET TESTED?
CALL US!

TRR HIV Hotline Numbers 

0915-427-3407
0906-390-1031
0927-287-8210
0975-387-3173

Office: TThS Phone Counselling
9am-4pm
(02) 656-7297


If you want to join a private HIV support group in Facebook, please add Darwin Tenoria, the TRR Program Director and request to be added in the group. We have a lot of PLHIV, counselors, HIV doctors, advocates and supporters who you can talk to.


"Spreading Compassion"

-Project Red Ribbon-



Want to be ASSISTED for the HIV TEST?? 
Check this link:


If you have comments or questions, please click this link:




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Thursday, February 23, 2017

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One Time Big Time

Today Project Red Ribbon assisted a client who emailed about his concerns. A week before he came to the office, he said that he took the test and the clinic called the following day but he wasn't able to pick up. He tried calling them again but with no response. 

Client HIV Screening

 He got worried. Well, he has been worrying since he already has rashes and some bruises which are going up his trunk from his legs. He had a consultation with a doctor previously and the doctor's first impression was lupus erythematosus. He took some series of lab tests and the doctor dismissed the impression and prescribed the HIV test.

 Today, we met him and took him to the office for the HIV screening. Simone, our counselor talked to his about HIV and the treatment.  The result turned out to be reactive.

 We told the client some option. oil where to go now. We gave him choices as top where to go. Since he has HMO and PhilHealth, we referred him to our newest partner, the Clinic 1276 of St. Lukes Global City. We linked him to care fast by calling the nurse of the new hub to assist him. They have been coordinating when we left.

Client was given condoms

During the course of counseling he told us that he was always wearing condoms when having sex. He said that there was only one instance when a condom sex happened when he got drunk, and when he woke up it was already too late. He also mentioned that he suspected that the guy was HIV positive as he changes from his body and after their condoles sex, he just disappeared.

 It really can happen. One can get HIV from a one time big time condomless sex. Like what we always tell people, do not mix alcohol with sex as there is a tendency of not using condom when there's a sexual activity. In the clients case, he didn't know that something was happening but he still woke up but never pushed away the guy, which meant that despite of this, he still allowed it, since he was drunk.

 It really its an unsafe country now. We really don not know who has HIV and who hasn't. We just need to continuously do our part in educating and distributing condoms. We still have to do our best to help people and save lives.



QUESTIONS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS?
WANT TO GET TESTED?
CALL US!

TRR HIV Hotline Numbers 

0915-427-3407
0906-390-1031
0927-287-8210
0975-387-3173

Office: TThS Phone Counselling
9am-4pm
(02) 656-7297


If you want to join a private HIV support group in Facebook, please add Darwin Tenoria, the TRR Program Director and request to be added in the group. We have a lot of PLHIV, counselors, HIV doctors, advocates and supporters who you can talk to.


"Spreading Compassion"

-Project Red Ribbon-



Want to be ASSISTED for the HIV TEST?? 
Check this link:


If you have comments or questions, please click this link:




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Clinic 1276 is Now Open to Accept Clients



St. Luke's Medical Center Global City: Clinic 1276 is the newest hub in town. It is a private HIV and AIDS Treatment Hub and is now open to accept clients. They have been recently accredited by the Department of Health and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation. 

 As a partner of Project Red Ribbon, we would like to invite people living with HIV to visit the hub and if you want good services of a new hub, you may now enroll there. All the programs of Project Red Ribbon will soon be implemented in the hub.

 Please contact Kristine at 0939-937-3182 for more information. You may also directly contact the numbers below for details of the hubs.



QUESTIONS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS?
WANT TO GET TESTED?
CALL US!

TRR HIV Hotline Numbers 

0915-427-3407
0906-390-1031
0927-287-8210
0975-387-3173

Office: TThS Phone Counselling
9am-4pm
(02) 656-7297


If you want to join a private HIV support group in Facebook, please add Darwin Tenoria, the TRR Program Director and request to be added in the group. We have a lot of PLHIV, counselors, HIV doctors, advocates and supporters who you can talk to.


"Spreading Compassion"

-Project Red Ribbon-



Want to be ASSISTED for the HIV TEST?? 
Check this link:


If you have comments or questions, please click this link:




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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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PhilHealth's Lifeblood and HIv Screening

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, MDG-OHAT Team will be conducting its HIV Screening, HIV Education, Awareness and Testimonial (HEAT) and Lifeblood: A Blood Letting Program the beneficiaries of which are people living with HIV. This will be held open February 28, 2017 at the 11th floor - OHAT Office from 8am to 5pm. HEATS will be done at the main lobby and the HIV Screening in the Clinic. This is the program of the Team as part of the Anniversary Celebration of PhilHealth.



QUESTIONS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS?
WANT TO GET TESTED?
CALL US!

TRR HIV Hotline Numbers 

0915-427-3407
0906-390-1031
0927-287-8210
0975-387-3173

Office: TThS Phone Counselling
9am-4pm
(02) 656-7297


If you want to join a private HIV support group in Facebook, please add Darwin Tenoria, the TRR Program Director and request to be added in the group. We have a lot of PLHIV, counselors, HIV doctors, advocates and supporters who you can talk to.


"Spreading Compassion"

-Project Red Ribbon-



Want to be ASSISTED for the HIV TEST?? 
Check this link:


If you have comments or questions, please click this link:




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What's Your Impact?


The cases of HIV  in the Philippines is still on the rise. With this in mind, what is your impact? How can you, your organization or your agency contribute impactful activities to combat the epidemic.

 For years now, with the involvement of the Foundation in the National HIV Program, a few organizations still create activities with no impact. Some just count heads or participants during HIV talks, some train people with no direction or programs for sustainability, some create programs that are literally just a waste of money.

 The cases of HIV in the Philippines is on the rise. People are dying here and yet, organizations and agencies don't have a fast approach to arresting the epidemic. The halting of programs due to issues and obstacles should not deter organizations and agencies in creating new and innovative activities that will create impact and arrest the epidemic. Programs that are being done by organizations and agencies that create less and slow impact should be evaluated or even shelved. 

 There are programs all over the world that work. Why can't we adopt them in the country? Why can't we all think outside the box and look at the fast outcome and not just count head and waste money?

 The time of action is now. But if we always think, like it's business as usual, then nothing will; happen to any of our programs.
QUESTIONS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS?
WANT TO GET TESTED?
CALL US!

TRR HIV Hotline Numbers 

0915-427-3407
0906-390-1031
0927-287-8210
0975-387-3173

Office: TThS Phone Counselling
9am-4pm
(02) 656-7297


If you want to join a private HIV support group in Facebook, please add Darwin Tenoria, the TRR Program Director and request to be added in the group. We have a lot of PLHIV, counselors, HIV doctors, advocates and supporters who you can talk to.


"Spreading Compassion"

-Project Red Ribbon-



Want to be ASSISTED for the HIV TEST?? 
Check this link:


If you have comments or questions, please click this link:




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