PT Foundation

PT Foundation (previously known as Pink Triangle Foundation) is a 33 years old NGO leading in HIV field in Malaysia. We provide prevention, testing and treatment for HIV. We also provide support and care for people infected and affected with HIV especially the marginalized and vulnerable community including refugees, migrants and undocumented.

Our 2nd Chance program provides psychosocial support, and academic mentorship and empowerment program including basic skills to HIV infected and affected children and caregivers. We aim to provide sustainable care, hope and opportunities to poor mothers, youth, and children who are infected or affected by HIV.

More than 80% of our beneficiaries are Muslim. Most of our children are from low income and broken family. Most children are suffering from poor academic performance as they are not attending the school regularly due to poverty and discrimination due to their HIV status. Some children are the survival of domestic and sexual abuse; some are engaging with delinquent activities.

Mental health is very crucial and important as untreated condition can lead to suicidal, depression, a behavioural problem which can later lead to crime. Therefore, we are providing one to one and support group sessions to the children and women to help them to recover from the trauma, depression, anxiety and behavioural problem.

Many of these children need personal mentorship to encourage them to complete high school. Therefore, we provide one to one academic mentorship to guide the children to enjoy learning and tailor it to their capacity and focus span. The program is designed creatively to provide individualized services as we believe one size do not fit all.

Most of the caregivers (mothers) are self-employed or unemployed due to their HIV status. Many of them are the survival of domestic violence where their husband is drug abusers who have been sentenced to prison. Drug abuse is a crime in Malaysia and due to this, many ex-convicted unable to find a job to provide for their family which lead the cycle of domestic and drug abuse to be continued again. Therefore, we also provide empowerment and skill program to help these mothers to generate income to provide to their children.

Our services include shelter-homes or HIV-positive young adults, outreach sessions and guiding other NGOs which serving children at-risk.

Due to Covid-19, many services have been shifted to online and phone services but we are expecting to return to our routine fully in Jan 2021.