HIV

Food packages for COVID victims in Cambodia

04.10.21

A severe lockdown has been announced in Cambodia due to a second corona wave. Poor people and those who are losing their jobs as a result are now faced with food shortages. Untenu collects money for food parcels.

AIDS: unnecessary, but still very ill

02.17.21

O. – a trans woman living with HIV – went to Sihanoukville for her relationship and to find work. Because of this she wanted to hide her HIV status and stopped taking HIV inhibitors.

HIV stigma can kill

12.08.20

Rosa was very ill. The application for emergency aid by Untenu stated: she hid her HIV status and therefore did not take HIV medication. Two weeks later She passed away.

Emergency aid to the poorest LGBTI people with HIV in Cambodia has resumed

09.22.20

After a break – due to lack of money – Untenu has resumed emergency aid to HIV-positive LGBTI people living in poverty in Cambodia.

Untenu pays for make-up training course

09.15.20

Thanks to recent fundraising campaigns, the Untenu Foundation has managed to raise enough money to start a make-up training course for underprivileged LGBTI people with HIV in Battambang, Cambodia. The course will start during the Cambodian rainy season.

AIDS2020: Chairman Untenu guest at talk show

07.22.20

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Photo: Kick Smeets for ATLAS Virtual (c) 2020

On July 9, Untenu chairman Ron van Zeeland was one of the guests at the daily talk show ATLAS Virtual. He was interviewed about Untenu’s work in Cambodia. Click Read more to watch the broadcast.

Give them job skills for a better life

06.23.20

Help us raise money so we can provide 10 HIV positive LGBTs in Battambang – Cambodia with make-up skills so they can improve their livelihood.

Corona: massage parlors closed, tourists away, no sex work.

05.15.20

All massage parlors in Cambodia had to close due to the government implemented corona measures. Sex workers sometimes finds their clients at massage parlors. This is what Transwoman T.P. from Siem Reap did to support herself and her family.

Corona crisis affects LGBTI people with HIV in Cambodia

04.19.20

Covid-19 is affecting LGBTI’s living with HIV in Cambodia. People loose their jobs. No income, no savings and no social security provisions makes people extremely vulnerable in this corona crisis.

Poverty & HIV: working on, becoming sicker, die.

03.11.20

(from the archives: Silom Center, Bangkok)

Poverty & HIV; it has a face: that of K. from Battambang. If working in the factory does not yield enough income for his family, he will work in the entertainment business in Bangkok. (updated March 11, 2020)

K. died today, March 11

To our great sadness we learned today that this afternoon K. deceased in the house of his uncle. His mother could not pay the medical costs and took him to his uncle’s home.

Untenu Foundation contributes to the costs for the funeral.