Camillian social center in Rayong

The Camillian social center in Rayong is a charitable institution in Thailand, established in 1995 by Saint Camillus Foundation and an Italian priest, Father Giovanni Contarin.

The Center provides shelter and care to homeless, indigent, and rejected people living with HIV/AIDS. Special emphasis is placed on women and children, as the most vulnerable members of the society.

In 2001, there were 50 adults and 19 children living with HIV in the social center. [ [http://www.medicusmundi.ch/mms/services/bulletin/bulletin200104/kap02/09ponnet.html Bulletin of Medicus Mundi Switzerland No. 83, December 2001] ]

It manages seven projects in the Southeast of Thailand, including Palliative Care, Child Care, prevention education, supporting a network of PLWHA, supervising a self-sustaining rehabilitation community, providing scholarships for affected orphaned children and a center for HIV positive orphaned teenagers. [ [http://www.camillian-rayong.org/en/situation.asp Camillian Social Center] ]

Since 1996, the Center is supported by Caritas Switzerland.

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External links

* [http://www.camillian-rayong.org/en/situation.asp Center's Web Page]