Sai Khan Khay (Myanmar, ppt 4)

Use this form to complete Positive MSM Community Leadership application – please type or print neatly. This form should be completed in English.

The form MUST be signed and scanned and sent as an email to "Nid" thanid@apnplus.org before CBO (5:00 PM Thailand) on 31^st December 2010.

1 - Personal Information

1. Full name of Applicant	Sai Khan Khay
2. Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY)	19.3.1979
3. Country	Yangon , Myanmar
4. (Organisation affiliated to) optional	Medecins Du Monde
5. Current occupation	Preventive Peer Educator
6. Number of years working on MSM or TG activities	2 Years
7. Phone and Email address	Phone: +951 662604 , 652658
	Email:wawarnar@gmail.com
8. Highest educational level attained	Bachelor of Econimic
9. Current English language proficiency	Reading aBasic Intermediate Advanced Writing aBasic Intermediate Advanced Comprehension a Basic Intermediate Advanced

Please check the following boxes below as it pertains to you.

a) Do you have a valid passport or willing to acquire a passport at your own expense?

*Yesa No

*Please include a copy of the page that has your information and photo on it i.e. expiry date and passport number.

b) Do you need a visa to travel to Bangkok, Thailand where most of the trainings will be held?

Yesa No

2 – Personal Skills and Experiences

Please use this space to detail your skills and experiences in general MSM and HIV intervention activities. For example coordination, peer outreach, edutainment activities and counselling etc.

Maximum of-700 words. DO NOT exceed the space provided

I am Sia Khan Khay . I have taken ART since 13th November 2007 . I buried my life in HIV implementation from 1999 and then I run as a volunteer in MdM at 2008 while doing as a volunteer, I involve as a member in Self help group name Noble Care. Mission of our group is to take care of PLHA patients in Hospital. In weekly meeting we all member put at least 1000 kyats as a fund and after that , we can lend to other member with low interest .We can support the ill member admitted to the hospital with this interest getting from the fund. I became a peer educator in MdM since 2009 . Our MdM support these activities such as VCCT , STI and ART program to high risk groups sex worker and MSM . We have different groups and teams perform our responsibilities in MdM . It can mainly differentiate into outreach , DIC and Clinic . I am mainly working under prevention team in outreach and DIC . We have to perform our outreach and DIC activities alternately . We give HE session and free condom distribution to high risk (area). If they want to do VCCT , we take them along with us to clinic . Some MSM and sex worker can come to clinic by themselves because we give leaflet , address card to them during outreach activities . We have beauty Spa for high risk coming to MdM clinic . In this spa , MSM made nail art , washing hair , straightening hair , drying hair , washing face to customer with low rate . We celebrated World AIDS Day as a miracle fair festival every year . Our peer groups can attended workshop training invite by other NGO such communication training , counseling training , team building training and home base care training.

3 – Personal Statement

Please use this space to detail why you think you are suitable for the programme. Maximum of 700 words. DO NOT exceed the space provided

As I am a MSM , I am quite suitable for this training . I was not in good understanding about HIV in previous time . So I got HIV. If youth MSM and TG can give health education efficiently , HIV incidence will decrease . I attended many trainings for health education to MSM , TG and hidden gays with the knowledge of these trainings .But I think myself I still need to improve. I am sure that I will have more knowledge if I can attend this trainings . So , I think I am suitable for this program. When I am selected to attend this training , I think I can do to lessen stigma and discrimination among MSM , TG and Hidden gays due to the training for this training . I will guide them to discuss the life of MSM , TG and Hidden gays with each other . We can learn how MSM , TG , PLHIV work for their lives in other countries and we can imitate the to improve our lives by attending this training . I will meet and share knowledge with MSM , TG from various countries and can have a chance to know how they stand for their lives and can share knowledge to MSM and TG from Myanmar . In our country , if one MSM , TG is positive , there is stigma and discrimination . So they need support . I think I can get good opportunities or chance from this training so that I can share my experience to MSM , TG in Myanmar .

4 – Future plan after finishing programme

Please use this space to detail how you would apply the learning and skills gained from the program if you were a successful candidate. Maximum of 700 words. DO NOT exceed the space provided

IF I am selected , I will use the good knowledge gained from this program for the improvement of MSM , TG . I will do more in prevention. I will do training for MSM , TG . I will get better communication from this program. I can know who can help us and where we can help . If I can learn how to write a proposa , I will ask the opportunity for MSM , TG. I will collect MSM , TG at Yangon and lead to create self help groups . I will give trainings like positive prevention , STI , Psychosocial Support , Home Base Care , Gender issues , Stigma and Discrimination to MSM and TG self help groups . I will give care and support for the people who suffer AIDS . I will send well –trained MSM and TG to rural area for outreach health education. I will created MSM , TG network. I will make MSM , TG consultation . We will share the progress and down-trends of our projects . I would like to do community based organization . I will find donors to get ART for HIV positive MSM and TG . I will also try to receive nutritional support for them .

5 – References

Please list two reference persons (i.e. your past or current employer or focal person of PLHIV national network) we may contact regarding the application.

Name	Mary Anne
Position	Drop In Centre Super visor
Organisation	Medecins Du Monde
Phone (including dialling code)	95 1 662604 , 652658
Email	An4ant@gmail.com
How did you know this person	She is my direct supervisor .

Name	Maung Maung Ye Min Thein
Position	outreach activity officer
Organisation	Medecins Du Monde
Phone (including dialling code)	95 1 662 604 , 652 658
Email	mmymthein@gamil.com
How did you know this person	He is my direct supervisor.

6 - Signature of applicant

	Please note that the intention of the APN+ MSM Community Leadership Program is to target those young MSM who are HIV positive within the APN+ affiliated country national networks from the GMR (this includes the whole of China, it is NOT limited to Guangxi and Yunnan provinces only). I hereby certify that the information provided in this application is true and correct. I understand that providing false or misleading information will disqualify me from appointment, or if appointed, will render me liable to dismissal from the program.
	Sign		Date
			25 December 2010

Zaw Myint Aung (Myanmar, ppt 3)

Use this form to complete Positive MSM Community Leadership application – please type or print neatly. This form should be completed in English.

The form MUST be signed and scanned and sent as an email to "Nid" thanid@apnplus.org before CBO (5:00 PM Thailand) on 31^st December 2010.

1 - Personal Information

1. Full name of Applicant	Zaw Myint Aung
2. Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY)	14 July 1981
3. Country	Myanmar
4. (Organisation affiliated to) optional	Medecins Du Monde
5. Current occupation	Preventive Facilitator
6. Number of years working on MSM or TG activities	2 years
7. Phone and Email address	Phone: 95 1 662 604, 652 658
	Email: phozawippich@gmail.com
8. Highest educational level attained	Bachelor of Economic
9. Current English language proficiency	Reading Basic a Intermediate Advanced Writing Basic aIntermediate Advanced Comprehension Basic a Intermediate Advanced

Please check the following boxes below as it pertains to you.

a) Do you have a valid passport or willing to acquire a passport at your own expense?

*Yesa No

*Please include a copy of the page that has your information and photo on it i.e. expiry date and passport number.

b) Do you need a visa to travel to Bangkok, Thailand where most of the trainings will be held?

Yesa No

2 – Personal Skills and Experiences

Please use this space to detail your skills and experiences in general MSM and HIV intervention activities. For example coordination, peer outreach, edutainment activities and counselling etc.

Maximum of-700 words. DO NOT exceed the space provided

I am currently working as a Preventive Facilitator in Medecins Du Monde. I organize and facilitate activities in Drop In Center, and also participate in Outreach activities. I give health education about HIV/AIDS, STI, TB, Positive Living and Hepatitis to MSM, TG, female sex workers and their partners. I am also one of the members of mobile clinic activity in which we go to our beneficiaries who can’t come to clinic and provide STI treatments and consultation. Some of them are working under pimps and they are not allowed to go to clinic. I also lead weekly MSM support group, focus group discussion and legal counseling session in DIC. I organize monthly Volunteer Peer Education Training and I am also one of the facilitators in the training. Organizing and facilitating in monthly Workshop and monthly Condom Party.

Now, I am also volunteering as an auditor in MSM self help group named Golden Queen. We are running some income generation activities. Our group joined with Myanmar MSM Network for technical advices. We are still under umbrella of MdM. In my country, MSM are discriminated from social environment. So, they are usually hidden, shy and afraid to live openly as they would like to live. I and our group visit their meeting places, befriend with them and try to empower them. We are under process of writing proposal and making a better group right now.

Before I am with MdM, I initiated and lead a Self Help Group named Decorator. The group is composed with youth, and some of them (including me) are HIV positive. We made a network with other NGOs and INGOs to provide capacity building training. After getting trainings, we organized health talks especially about HIV/AIDS in Basic Education High Schools by getting permission from head masters. Beside health talks, we also made quiz contests in order to get effective results. Moreover, we went to places such as Tharyarwaddy, Bago and Mandalay. We organized health talks and drama performance there. In Tharyarwaddy, we have subgroup of Decorator. I visited there every two weeks and discuss about their challenges and need. Then we solved the problems together. We also provided referral services for MSM who are in need of medical services and ARV treatment.

Above are my skills and experiences in HIV intervention activities and MSM activities.

3 – Personal Statement

Please use this space to detail why you think you are suitable for the programme. Maximum of 700 words. DO NOT exceed the space provided

I am a HIV positive MSM who is working in an organization which is working for MSM, TG and male and female sex workers. I am working as a Preventive for activities related with HIV and STI interventions. I would like to do more effective activities for our MSM and TG community. I want to share knowledge about HIV more broadly and want to help for their social problems, and want to fight against stigma and discrimination to MSM community. I want to promote knowledge of gender identity of MSM and TG. I want to work not only for the side of knowledge, and health education but also for their self‐esteem.

If I have a chance to participate in this program, I can become a good leader in MSM

community. My aims are to work my best to fight against stigma and discrimination to MSM and TG in Myanmar and I also want to work to reduce HIV and STI prevalence among MSM and TG in

Myanmar. I am planning to make a self help group which will be working for self‐esteem, health

education and support for MSM and TG, so I am sure that this program will be a big support for my dreams to come true.

4 – Future plan after finishing programme

Please use this space to detail how you would apply the learning and skills gained from the program if you were a successful candidate. Maximum of 700 words. DO NOT exceed the space provided

First of all, I really want to participate in this program on behalf of my friends. If I were a successful candidate, I will be able to work better for promoting the quality of life of MSM and TG in Myanmar. I will conduct many workshops with MSM and TG by using the skills learnt from the program. I believe HIV prevalence will definitely decrease if young MSM can receive sufficient and proper sexual health knowledge, if community accept who we are, and if we know our right and responsibility. Yet, I need to upgrade my knowledge by getting chance to participate in this program.

I will use the learning and skills gained from the program for the benefit of MSM in Myanmar. I will especially focus upon self‐esteem, empowerment and life skills for MSM in Myanmar. Moreover, I will also use my skills and experience for TG, male and female sex workers. I expect to use my skills and experience not only MSM, TG and sex workers in my township, but also wider population over Myanmar. I will work my best for them to be able to build a sustainable self help groups among MSM, TG, male and female sex workers.

I will create my own style and approaches which will be suitable for my community based upon what I will gain from the program. I will also advocate with the community in order to eradicate stigma and discrimination upon MSM and TG. To raise the life style which is safe and fun for TG and MSM is also one of my lists to be done if I were a successful candidate in the program. I hope I can share my skills and experience not only within my organization but also other organizations and networks. Our self help group Golden Queen is in the forming stage, so I hope my experience and skills from the program will be a big help for the group too. I am also dreaming about a website which will be an online drop in center for MSM and TG firstly only from Myanmar and later, I will try to extend regional level.

I am sure that I can become a good leader not only in local level, but also regional and international level who is able to take the lead for the sake of MSM, TG, male and female sex workers.

5 – References

Please list two reference persons (i.e. your past or current employer or focal person of PLHIV national network) we may contact regarding the application.

Name	Mary Anne
Position	Drop In Centre Supervisor
Organisation	Medecins Du Monde
Phone (including dialling code)	95 1 662 604, 652 658
Email	an4ant@gmail.com
How did you know this person	She is my direct supervior.

Name	Hnin Su Mon
Position	Behaviour Change Communication Officer
Organisation	Medecins Du Monde
Phone (including dialling code)	95 1 662 604, 652 658
Email	hninmon@gmail.com
How did you know this person	She is my colleague and trainer.

6 - Signature of applicant

	Please note that the intention of the APN+ MSM Community Leadership Program is to target those young MSM who are HIV positive within the APN+ affiliated country national networks from the GMR (this includes the whole of China, it is NOT limited to Guangxi and Yunnan provinces only). I hereby certify that the information provided in this application is true and correct. I understand that providing false or misleading information will disqualify me from appointment, or if appointed, will render me liable to dismissal from the program.
	Sign		Date
			25 Dec 2010

Si Thu Tun Oo (Myanmar, ppt 2)

Use this form to complete Positive MSM Community Leadership application – please type or print neatly. This form should be completed in English.

The form MUST be signed and scanned and sent as an email to "Nid" thanid@apnplus.org before CBO (5:00 PM Thailand) on 31^st December 2010.

1 - Personal Information

1. Full name of Applicant	Si Thu Tun Oo
2. Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY)	20 November 1979
3. Country	Myanmar
4. (Organisation affiliated to) optional	Medecins Du Monde
5. Current occupation	Prevention Facilitator
6. Number of years working on MSM or TG activities	Less than one year
7. Phone and Email address	Phone: +951 500067
	Email: smithtun.oo@gmail.com
8. Highest educational level attained	B.A (Law)
9. Current English language proficiency	Reading ü Basic Intermediate Advanced Writing ü Basic Intermediate Advanced Comprehension ü Basic Intermediate Advanced

Please check the following boxes below as it pertains to you.

a) Do you have a valid passport or willing to acquire a passport at your own expense?

*Yes ü No

*Please include a copy of the page that has your information and photo on it i.e. expiry date and passport number.

b) Do you need a visa to travel to Bangkok, Thailand where most of the trainings will be held?

Yes ü No

2 – Personal Skills and Experiences

Please use this space to detail your skills and experiences in general MSM and HIV intervention activities. For example coordination, peer outreach, edutainment activities and counselling etc. Maximum of-700 words. DO NOT exceed the space provided I am Si Thu Tun Oo, I am a prevention facilitator in Medecins Du Monde. I am working with men who have sex with men and sex workers friends to give education about STI and also working with PLH to attend volunteers Peed Education Training. I explain and encourage MSM and SW to take blood test and educate how to prevent themselves from STI. Moreover, I demonstrate how to use condom systematically and practically. I go outreach with mobile clinic which have doctor and nurses from my organization for SW and their partners. We also go to message parlors for SW who are not allowed to go out and even to their partners. On every Monday morning I meet PLHIV and share about my experience and about the trainings I have attended, about choosing healthy food, about living healthily by disclosing myself that I am a HIV positive person. On Monday evening I go and send condoms to beauty parlors and to the apartments and houses where there are MSM stay together and educate them how to use condom systematically and not to forget to use condom every time they have sex. On Tuesday I went outreach, in the evening I go to places where SW are staying, e.g lady houses, messages, parlors, hotels, guest houses, etc. I educate them how to use condom systemically to reduce HIV/AIDS. I go these places with my SW friends, staffs and mentors (in-charge). Sometime in the evenings and nights I go to the night clubs and tea shops where there are many SWs and MSMs, I educate them how to prevent HIV/AIDS and STI with my peers. Moreover, I arrange meetings with SW and MSM with legal counseling staffs from MDM on Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, I help self-help group inside MDM. For the friends who come to MDM to make a blood tests, I help them to make peer help tests counseling from Monday to Friday with my peers. Once a month make monthly workshop where I help my SW and MSM peers to participate happily. I also take part as presenter, singing songs and acting in short play also. I am helping with all my heart morally and practically to my volunteers, SHG. Moreover, even on the holidays I go the pagoda festivals and educate how to use condoms and how to prevent HIV/AIDS as a volunteer. I help to distribute leaflets, key chains, cartoon books and journals to MSMs and SWs who live far from Yangon. I discuss with friends from SHG and INGO and NGO and look for the ways for the future. I go to the PLHAs at hospitals, to the NGO who invites us at my home office at MDM. I present a role play with my MSM and SW friends. These are my edu-taining activities. I, myself trying to help by encouraging peer like me to live happily and hopefully to live long live and to reduce HIV/AIDS and STI as much as I can.

3 – Personal Statement

Please use this space to detail why you think you are suitable for the programme. Maximum of 700 words. DO NOT exceed the space I am interested Young positive MSM leadership development program because I can get international level experience which I can be shared to all the PLHA peers from Myanmar and to show the ways how to survive even we are positive. I am suitable for this training because I can get new ways for the future plan as an educator. I believe that I can get new lessons, experiences and more new friendship with PLHA from abroad so that we can share each other for the future plan of health education. Moreover I will build up my own SHG in the future to share knowledge about HIV/AIDS and STI for the development of MSMs. I feel that I can extend out network by co-operating with PLHA from all over the world and also improve my community. At present, I am facing with some problems, e.g some friends are refusing to use condoms and to make VCCT, and finally most of them face to death. That is why I am working as peer educator at MDM to solve these problems. I believe I will get more education and experiences from this program after attending. So that, I can share with all the PLHA, I also want to share my life experiences with all my friends from international MSM network. I am very eager to attend this program because I hope I can get teahniques to encourage PLHA to withstand life problems as I can understand their lives very easily. I’ll do these works as long as I am still alive by using the knowledge and experiences from this program. If I have a chance I really would like to attend this Young Positive MSM Leadership Development Program. I wish to create the world without STI and HIV/AIDS after attending this program.

4 – Future plan after finishing programme

This kind of scholarship program is really essential for development of PLHA MSMs. We can improve over personal skills by attending this kind of training. We need this leadership development program to reduce HIV/AIDS and STI, to educate to use condoms systematically in our environment.

I want to improve the prevention through the creative ways and experiences of education getting from this program. So that I can share more effectively.

I also wish to help and share my knowledge by using my won self-help group for the MSMs and SWs from the near and far places.

From the experiences in MDM, other SHG and knowledge from attending this program, we can get international level knowledge.

By using this experience, I want to share peer MSM and SW and I intend to improve their life style.

Apart from out education level whether educated or none, which is just to give knowledge of health education to MSMs and also to the partners of MSMs and SWs about HIV/AIDS and STI.

I wish all the people would have sense how to prevent HIV and how to live happily as a PLHA. I would share the knowledge I gained to my friends and apply my experiences in my work.

PLHA should disclose among young people, MSMs and SWs about themselves and educate them.

By this program, I can stand as an ideal PLHA to give health education to MSMs and SWs to reduce spreading of HIV/AIDS and STI in our community.

5 – References

Please list two reference persons (i.e. your past or current employer or focal person of PLHIV national network) we may contact regarding the application.

Name	Dr Kyi Lay San
Position	Site Coordinator
Organisation	Medecins Du Monde
Phone (including dialling code)	+ 95 1 662604
Email	spo.yangon.mdmmyanmar@gmail.com
How did you know this person	He is a peer educator working in HIV prevention, care and support program of MDM

Name	Mg Mg Ye Min Thein
Position	Outreach Activities Officer
Organisation	Medecins Du Monde
Phone (including dialling code)	+95 1 662604
Email	mmymthein@gmail.com
How did you know this person	He is a peer educator working in HIV prevention team as dedicated not only outreach but also in drop in center at main center

6 - Signature of applicant

	Please note that the intention of the APN+ MSM Community Leadership Program is to target those young MSM who are HIV positive within the APN+ affiliated country national networks from the GMR (this includes the whole of China, it is NOT limited to Guangxi and Yunnan provinces only). I hereby certify that the information provided in this application is true and correct. I understand that providing false or misleading information will disqualify me from appointment, or if appointed, will render me liable to dismissal from the program.
	Sign		Date