PT Foundation

PT Foundation
Yayasan PT
Formation 1987
Founded at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Type Nonprofit organization
Legal status Foundation
Purpose HIV/AIDS
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur
Location
  • Jalan Ipoh Kecil
    50350 Kuala Lumpur
Region
Malaysia
Trustee
 Dato’ Rosie Tan
Chairperson
 Hisham Hussein
Affiliations AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Aidsmap
Berjaya Cares Foundation
CIMB Foundation
Fridae
Malaysian AIDS Council
Ministry of Health
SaleDuck
The Global Fund
ViiV Healthcare
Staff
40[1]
Website http://ptfmalaysia.org/v2
Formerly called
 Pink Triangle Sdn Bhd

PT Foundation is a community-based, voluntary non-profit making organization providing HIV/AIDS education, prevention, care and support programmes, sexual health and empowerment programmes for vulnerable communities in Malaysia.[2] PT Foundation is the largest community-based HIV/AIDS organization in Malaysia and has benefited more than 100,000 people.[3]

History

Pink Triangle Sdn Bhd was founded in 1987 to provide a telephone counseling service for HIV/AIDS and sexuality issues. It was originally founded to cater for gay men in Malaysia.[4] In 2000, PT Foundation was registered under the Register of Companies and took over the assets of Pink Triangle Sdn Bhd and was formally recognized as a Foundation in Malaysia.[5] The foundation has evolved to provide support and care services to four other vulnerable communities: Maknyah (a Malay term for a male-to-female transgenders), commercial sex workers, drug users and people living with HIV.[4]

PT Foundation is the first NGO in Malaysia to offer HIV/AIDS counseling, prevention, support and care services.[4]

Services

PT Foundation office in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur.

PT Foundation provides telephone and face-to-face counseling, anonymous HIV and STI screening, outreach programmes, and support for key affected populations mainly drug users, sex workers, transsexuals, men who have sex with men (MSM), and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV).[5]

Awards and Accolades

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2006 Transgender and Transsexuals Programme UNAIDS Red Ribbon Award Won[6]
2007 Programme on sex workers NST-PwC Malaysian Humanitarian Award Nominated[4]
2008 Malaysian NGO of the Year Award by Resource Alliance International Won[4]
Most Significant Contribution to HIV/AIDS work in Malaysia The Dr Siti Hasmah Award by the Malaysian AIDS Foundation Won[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PT Foundation". Simply Giving. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ↑ "PT Foundation". Hati.my. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. ↑ "Finnish Embassy funding for PT Foundation". Finland.org. 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Malaysia's PT Foundation turns 21". Fridae. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 as noted from their website at http://ptfmalaysia.org/v2/about-us/
  6. ↑ "2006 Red Ribbon Award Winners". UNAIDS. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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