Projects

Content

Outcome

Remarks

Direct service

Halfway Shelter Home

Housing, nutrition supplies, psychological support, health management, employment consulting, life skill training, leisure activities

Total of 28 residents, 77 service, average stay: 59 days.

Meals delivery: 2,966 persons;

Psychological support: 460 persons;

Health management: 620 persons;

Employment consulting: 202 persons;

Life skill training: 677 persons;

Leisure activities: 16 times

Morning Dew Farm

Farming, reading group, spiritual courses, leisure activities

Total of 17 residents; 275 individuals attended;

Courses: 817 persons;

Leisure activities: 62 persons

Outreach Service

Hospitals, client’s home or other places

Total: 247 persons

Phone Call and Internet Information Services 

Providing information by telephone, LINE App, emails, and internet forum system.

Telephone service: 1,141 times;

Internet service: 1,129 times

HIV Test Service

Providing anonymous HIV test

Total: 166 times

Drop-in Friendship Centers

Support, leisure, meeting, conferences

Total: 932 times

Taipei, Taichung & Taoyuan

Workshops

Topics on treatment, adaptation, magnetic couples, intimacy, HIV+ coming-out

11 VIVA GO BUS talks, 281 persons;

3 growth workshops, 145 persons;

6 workshops, 156 persons  

Support Groups

Newly diagnosed support group, Drug anonymous harm reduction group (DAHR/DA/D-talk) for opioid & non-opioid DUs; Support group in Taoyuan, Middle Age Support Group, Family of positives support group, Positives support group in Taichung

Newly diagnosed support group: 24 sessions, 136 persons;

Family support group: 19 sessions, 136 persons;

Harm reduction groups: 47 sessions, 334 persons;

Taoyuan support group: 16 sessions, 336 persons;

Middle-aged groups: 12 sessions, 114 persons;

Taichung patient groups: 5 sessions, 103 persons

Leisure Friendship Activities

Festival feasts, one-day tours, self-growth courses, commemoration, Sister Lin story-telling 

89 sessions, 1,172 persons

Online Services

Facebook, Line App, website, Plus Radio

Plus Radio: 20,801 listeners;

Line groups: 1,103 persons;

Facebook & website: 132,651 reaches

Prison Visits and Counseling

Individual/group/correspondence counseling and visits

Individual counseling: 76 persons;

Group counseling: 99 sessions, 2,169 persons;

Correspondence support: 519 times.

Positive Alliance

Stimulating rights and advocacy awareness, self-help and mutual assistance

10 sessions, 121 persons.

Drug users’ family support plan

To reduce the harm of drugs on body-mind-spiritual level, and help drug users return to their families and to the society.

63 clients served; 229 visits; 1,100 phone follow-ups;

558 referrals (outbound);

104 financial aid cases (NT273,091-);

36 group counseling services (209 participants);

1 workshop;

20 educational talks (83 participants);

139 consulting services, 17,081 persons

Class 3 & 4 youth drug program

Serving teenager clients below 18 years old, providing family intervention, referrals, welfare connection .

26 clients, 73 times service was provided, 148 phone follow-ups, 40 referrals

Staff Members Training and Supervision

Continuous Training

Workshops and training courses

Total training times: 1,986 hours; 86 hours/person

Supervising

Individual and group supervision

Individual/group supervision: 85 sessions

Case study: 92 sessions

Volunteers Recruitment and Training

 Recruiting, training, and supervising

2 recruiting sessions; 57 participants;

3 training and supervising sessions, 29 participants;

Service-learning: 5 students, 60 hours

Workshops for service providers

On-demand training courses and workshops

13 on-demand training courses, 295 participants;

4 workshops (professional), 223 participants

 Publication

Education

General public & service providers

412 sessions, 57,752 participants.

Publication

Brochures and e-books

Total circulations: 28,000 copies; 43 e-books.

Research, Development, and Exchange

Deepening issues

Advocacy for HIV-related laws amendment, aging issues, innovative harm reduction service for drug users 

Conducting surveys on PLWHA’s right to insurance, right to military service, and issues relating to medication, working field stigma.

International exchange

Exchange & establishing collaboration platform. 

Co-organizing cross-strait HIV forum (in Macao);

Active member of Developed Asia Network on Sexual Diversity (DAN);

Participated in GSK patient summit.

2016.03

Second year of VIVA GO BUS program, with a particular focus on economically disadvantaged and remote areas in Taiwan.

2016.05

In partnership with the "Letting Love Fly with Me" campaign at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (Taipei). Henry, an openly living with HIV staff of TLA, gave a free hug to Hong Kong celebrity Sandy Lam, and advocated together for HIV prevention.

2016.07

Founding member of Taiwan Alliance of Patients' Organizations (TAPO). Advocating for patients' rights with other patient groups.

2016.07

Conference press for Survey on PLWHA treatment and impact in the workplace, demonstrating the stigma that PLWHA encounter in their workplace. We called for a friendly workplace for PLWHA in order to maintain a stable life

2016.07

Co-organized international Photovoice exhibition. Demonstrating the diversity of PLWHA's life through music performance, films, thematic talks, and interaction with general public to destigmatize PLWHA.

2016.08

Third year of workshop on HIV and aging with a particular focus on stigma. Exploring available long-term care resources and developing a service map.

2016.08

Organizing Healthy Life Conference for drug users and their family. Empowering the clients and their family members through talks by doctors, organization visits, and friendship activities to empower clients.

2016.08

In response to the community’s need, a whole new service D-Talk was launched. These thematic talks were open both to drug users and to PLWHA who are affected by the issues. (DUs’ partner or family members.)

2016.09

Organizing a two-day workshop on drug harm reduction in Taichung. Professional service providers were invited to share their experience and explore theories and pluralistic intervention strategies based on the current drug abuse situation in Taiwan.

2016.09

In collaboration with the volunteer activities of other enterprises, we launched a Give me five campaign to demonstrate that HIV is not transmittable via simple body contact. The campaign was welcomed by the public.

2016.10

Launching a HIV-testing campaign with Taiwanese celebrity Bryant Chang with posters in LGBT friendly pubs and stores and on-the-street activities during Taipei Gay Pride.

2016.11

Putting online a short film and on-the-street survey on HIV basic knowledge. The film showed that the general public still had some myths and irrational fear toward HIV/AIDS. The survey demonstrated that PLWHA were still affected by stigma and more advocacies needed to be done.

2016.11

The board of managers met together to launch a campaign for TLA's 20th anniversary. The board meeting also reiterated the roadmap and strategy of the association.

2016.03

Ministry of Health and Welfare

Taichung City Government

Taipei City Government

Chiamin LEE, licensed social worker, of Taichung office was awarded Service Merit Trophy;

Ya-Ling CHANG, licensed social worker, of Taichung office was awarded Rising Star Social Worker Trophy;

Zheng-Rui CHANG, supervisor of Taipei office was awarded Brave Worker Trophy

2016.06

Executive Yuan

Merit for drugs abuse prevention and service

2016.10

R.O.C. Probation Association

Sister Loewe Marianeldis, supervising board member, was awarded the 15th Gold Rudder Special Merit.

2016.11

Taiwan After Care Association

TLA received a merit award for helping after care service