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

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

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TRR Foundation Executive Director in Outrage Magazine


Once again, the Project Red Ribbon Care Management Foundation Inc is in Outrage Magazine featuring our Executive Director Artemus "Yomi" Arojado. 

 Yomi, has been with the Foundation for a year when TRR was still an advocacy program. He first joined the group as an Online manager for TRR's Online Support Group and later was assigned to spearhead the Care Assistance Program for HIV Testing in RITM Satellite Clinic in Malate. From then on, he is TRR's face of the PLHIV community for TRR's HIV awareness and education program, educating students and corporations about HIV and AIDS. He has also become the face of TRR for mass media, including TV, newspapers and magazine.

 For the full article on Yomi,please refer to Outrage Magazine's article:

 http://outragemag.com/yomi-arojado-treating-challenges-as-life-lessons/

 For more Yomi's TV appearances, please refer to the links below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfL5FiOBAzc



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Worried About Infecting Mom

Hi Pozzie, 

I'm worried that my mother might get HIV from touching my infected blood. Few months ago, I had a little wound on my left arm due to severe scratching. My mom saw my blood dripping, she intended to wipe it with her finger and I moved away but I knew she managed to touched my blood, she was so careless. I told her never to do that again coz it's very risky. She doesn't have cuts or open wounds on her finger but still it made me worry so much. Several months after that incident, I become very anxious and paranoid everytime my mom gets sick...Fever, muscle pains, headaches and had mouth sores once. I told her that I worry bout it though I knew that she really has weak immune system ever since and she said that she's always like that whenever she overworks and gets so much stress and over-fatigue. 

 I even check her skin from time to time for rashes whenever I see her scratching.
Can she possibly gets HIV from touching my blood? Please help. Thanks.

 XXX
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Moving to the Philippines

Hello.

I am from the UK and will go to live in Cagaya De Oro next year and would like to know if I can get the meds that I am currently on. I take Atripla which works well for me and I want to carry on with it so is it possible to buy it in the Philippines and if so where and at what cost please.

I hope you can help me with this.

Best regards

Peter

Sunday, October 5, 2014

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My PLHIV Story: "Huwag Matakot Harapin ang Problema"


Sana ang kwento ko na to ay maging daan para makapanghikayat na magpa-HIV test ung mga taong takot o nahihiyang harapin ang realidad ng buhay.

Dax ang pangalan ko, 24 years old na ako ngayon. Namuhay ako ng puno ng pagaalaga at pagmamahal sa aking pamilya. Mahirap man ang buhay pero masaya dahil kami ung klase ng pamilya na masasabi mong mahal namin ang isat isa. Bata palang ako may laya na akong gawin ang mga gusto ko, hinahayaan akong madapa at bumangon sa sarili kong mga paa. Tinuruan akong harapin ang aking pagkakamali, un na din siguro ang dahilan kung bakita wala akong bisyo ngayon (yosi, barkada, drugs, alak etc) at naging responsible akong anak.

Noon pa man attracted na ako sa kauri kong lalake pero patuloy ko paring ikinukubli ang aking tunay na pagkatao sa pagkakaroon ng mga girlfriend, oo..MGA talaga.. kasi madami sila, ehehe... Bagamat hindi iyon ang tunay na gusto ko, pero hindi kailanman naging dahilan iyon para pagsisihan ang mga pinasok kong relasyon, dahil masasabi kong naging masaya ako sa piling ng mga babaeng pumasok sa buhay ko. Sakanila ko natutunan magmakaawa, umiyak, masaktan at higit sa lahat ang magmahal ng lubusan. Marahil hindi maniniwala ang nakararami na imposibleng magmahal ng babae ang isang lalake na may pusong babae pero ng mga panahon na un pagmamahal ang nararamdaman ko sa mga babaeng dumaan sa buhay ko. Hanggang ngayon nga dumadating pa ung punto na hinahanap-hanap ko parin ang pagkakaroon ng babaeng minamahal.

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TRR Foundation in Baguio City


The Project Red Ribbon Care Management Foundation Inc (TRR) has linked up with the Baguio Support Group to replicate all the programs of TRR in the City of Pines. With the partnership of TRR with the Metropolitan Christian Church (MCC) of Baguio, through the commitment of Tita Bootz and Pastor Myke, we will be able to strengthen the promotion of HIV awareness, do our Care Management programs for HIV facilities and HIV and AIDS Treatment Hubs and do all support and care programs. By doing this, with missions aligned, we will be able to improve the quality of lives of people living with HIV (PLHIV) through awareness, resources, care and support.

 This partrnership will benefit the key population in and around Baguio City and will also help the PLHIV in the other provinces nearby for their continuance of treatment care and support.

 If you are from Baguio or in nearby provinces, please call our TRR Hotline Numbers to know more about the activities of TRR in Baguio City. We will also be entertaining volunteers to help us out with all the TRR programs in the City.
0919-642-9286
0977-131-2046
0906-389-2402
 0917-899-0473
0927-823-0300 
0917-932-3122



 Thank you very much.

 Pozziepinoy


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On Genital Warts


hi sir pozzie good day po.. i was diagnosed with hiv early this year.. thanks to your blog i found encouragement and courage to fight this battle knowing that im not alone and there are people out there willing to help.. but recently i developed genital warts may i know where are the places that can help me with the treatment and im also on a tight budget  
because i quit my job fearing they would fire me if they found out.. thanks a lot sir pozzie and more power to you..


john

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How to Tell?

Gusto ko ishare about sa friend ko, na namatay sa AIDS last June 2014 :( hindi sinabe ng family nia yung kinamatay nia, sabe lang cancer, then sobrang nagulat kami nung may nagpakilala samen n xa daw guy lover ng friend  ko, at knwento nia lahat.. Di  kami makapaniwala kasi ni isa samen, walang nakaalam na bisexual xa.alam namen n babaero xa, kasi bad boy look xa...pero yung gusto dn pala nia lalake, di namen alam yon:(

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Brother Needs Help!



Hi!

My brother is suspected to have HIV he's in the ICU right now being treated for pneumonia. I have been suspecting it since late last year. He's always been very secretive with his life in fact we have no idea what kind of life he's really living although he told us that he was gay. He would always make stories that we would later find out to be lies even about his health. Anyways I started suspecting when he started to always refuse to be accompanied by my mom for check up when he's sick and lately he's always very sick.

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