About Mai Tam Center
The Mai Tam Center was establish on July 2005 to help young mothers and their children live a comfortable life while combating HIV/AIDS. The Mai Tam Center provides its beneficiaries with a safe living environment, subsidized or free medical treatments for HIV/AIDS patients and vocations training. Collectively, the services and care provided hopes to encourage the mothers to care for their children, while learning to make a more fruitful life for themselves. Through the generous support of individuals and corporations, the Mai Tam Center is moving forward and providing more care for those in need.
About Mai Tam Center Project
In the Fall of 2008, Father John Toai and Mai Tam Center was introduced to several non-profit organizations in the Washington D.C. metro area by Dr. Phu Nguyen, Dr. Anna Abel and Dr. Chuong Phan. After the introduction and presentation by Father Toai, the group was sold on providing assistance for the Mai Tam Center. In the pursuing months, the Mai Tam Center Collaborative Team was created and it includes the following non-profit organizations: Global Community Service Foundation (GCSF), Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped (VNAH), Foundation for the Children of Vietnam, Operation Smiles Vietnam Team in Virginia and Hope for Tomorrow (HOPE).
Mai Tam House of Hope Report (First Half 2009)
The Mai Tam House of Hope continues to expand dramatically to fill the needs of the community:
- There are now 50 widowed HIV/AIDS positive mothers receiving support, 19 of these live at the Center and the remaining 31 live in the community. Several mothers receive additional support beyond the life–saving HIV/AIDS medications-- house rental – 29, vocational training – 20, medical training -1, and 9 mothers were re-integrated into their communities (a program objective). There were zero registered deaths among these mothers.
- The total number of children receiving support has risen to 298; 59 live at the Center, 239 live in the community. Four new children were registered in the Center, 24 in the community. Two children were re-integrated into the community. Two children in the community passed away while there were zero child deaths in the Center.
- Of the 239 children living in the community, 223 received medical support, 153 received school support, 79 received shelter and care support, 103 received hospital support, 66 received psychosocial support, and 59 received legal support.
- Of the total child population, 138 are HIV/AIDS positive, 153 are ‘affected’ by HIV/AIDS, 135 are being treated in Government clinics, 97 are receiving anti-retroviral(ARV) drugs, and 38 are HIV positive but not AIDS positive, 12 receive Cotrim (for secondary infections0, and for 10 children the HIV status is not confirmed at this time.*
- An off-site hospice for the terminally ill continues with 12-14 patients cared for. Some donors have targeted their donations to these individuals.
source: http://www.maitamhouseofhope.com
