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| Pelangi Foundation |
| Activities： |
Activist, Educational, Networking |
| Type： |
Foundation |
| Areas of Focus： |
Affordable Housing | Human Rights Protection | Public Health | HIV/AIDS | Organizational Support and Management
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| About Pelangi Foundation： |
Pelangi Community Foundation was initiated by a small group of individuals who decided to do something about a specific marginalized group particularly in need.
The Foundation is a home for people living with hiv / aids (PLWHA) who are rejected by family and society.
Homeless PLWHA who have been released from Hospitals but still need to continue medicine intake, dressing of wounds or are at the terminal stage of AIDS will find a safe shelter.
The Foundation ensures that necessary treatment is administered and also ensures follow-up treatment with doctors and hospitals. PLWHA are given a clean and hygienic place to stay and nutritional food to assist in the recovery process.
The shelter is provided for a period, depending on clients' needs, their progression in health status and the social reintegration process.
PLWHA at the facility also act as caregivers to other PLWHA who are in terminal stages and in need of care.
Our target community is homeless PLWHA of all races and ages, discharged from Hospitals or referred to us by other organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
The Pelangi Community Foundation began in September 1998 with no funding support and has largely depended on the goodwill of individuals, like the French Community in Kuala Lumpur, the Netherlands Embassy and Stiftung Umverteilen in Germany. The Foundation has since grown, a reflection of its need and importance, to serve more homeless persons living with HIV/AIDS.
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