An announcement from Greg Denham follows:
By Robbie Barnett
The following is an update from
news organizations and local groups working in Yushu, a Tibetan area in China’s
Qinghai Province, where a massive earthquake struck on April 14.
A small coalition of local
grassroots NGOs from Qinghai – including Snowland Service Group, Tsongkha
Charitable Association, Sanchuan Development Association, Friend of Rural
Community Development, Shem Women’s Group, and the Pentok Institute – has set
up a consortium to accept donations. Please be generous: www.yushuearthquakeresponse.org.
Asia Catalyst invites applications for one scholarship to
participate in the International AIDS Conference in Vienna from July
16-24. Applications must be received by April 25. The scholarship will support a Chinese
PLWHA， a current or former sex worker or drug user to
participate in the meeting.
亚洲促
进会邀请中国艾滋NGO申请一个参加
维也纳7月16日到24日召开的国际艾滋大会的奖学金。申请截至日期是4月25日。我们会支持一位感染者,
现在或者目前性工作者/成瘾者，参加会议。
By Gisa Hartmann
Last month, I went on my second trip to China for Asia
Catalyst. As we’ve previously discussed in this blog, Asia Catalyst is spending
several years “incubating” or building the internal management skills of
Phoenix, a nonprofit organization of sex workers living with HIV/AIDS. Phoenix
is based in Gejiu, Yunnan, on China’s borders with Vietnam. My main objective
during my two weeks there was to help Phoenix to develop their staff management
system, as well as improve their understanding of budgeting and financial
reporting. We spent an intense two weeks tracking down and discussing every
single receipt for the past two quarters.
One morning, as I was preparing for another day of office
work, I received a call on my cell asking me to come to the office as soon as
possible. The husband of a Phoenix member had died the previous day.
By Annie Ye Ren
For the past four years, I have periodically worked with a Chinese grassroots HIV/AIDS
non-governmental organization (NGO) that serves children in Fuyang Prefecture,
Anhui Province. The Fuyang AIDS Orphan
Salvation Association (AOS) gives aid directly to local communities, addressing
local needs that are often overlooked or underfunded by large-scale government
projects.
