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Health and HIV/AIDS consultant for Thailand:
Brett Faucett

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Read the Mission Yearbook 2009 April 18 and April 20 entries about our work in Thailand.

HIV and AIDS UNAIDS Fact Sheet

AIDS Impact on Camera
A Youth Empowerment Project

See photos of the church at work in the Thailand.

Brett Faucett is working in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as the Health and HIV/AIDS Consultant for Thailand with the Church of Christ in Thailand (CAM). CAM has been working in HIV/AIDS prevention for 17 years under the direction of the Reverend Sanan Wutti. CAM focuses on a grassroots approach to HIV prevention and care by conducting home-based care visits to HIV/AIDS patients. Through these visits, CAM staff provides spiritual, emotional and practical support to the patients. CAM primarily assists the Hill tribes and Burmese refugees obtain access to healthcare and antiretroviral treatment (ART's), which is difficult without Thai citizenship.

In August, 2008 CAM co-hosted a five-day Interfaith Pre-Conference, “Reclaiming the Rights of Children Affected and Living with HIV/AIDS in Asia." One of the outcomes of the pre-conference is an empowerment project for children who are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS or who care for a family member with HIV/AIDS. Keep reading.

2008 AIDS funding granted

Project name

Grant amount

Youth Peer Support HIV and AIDS Program

An empowerment project for youth either living with, affected by or caring for a family member with HIV or AIDS.

$8,225

Letter from Brett and Shelly Faucett in Thailand

December 1, 2008

World AIDS Day

The estimated population of Thailand is 65,493,000 people, of which approximately 614,000 are living with HIV/AIDS. Adults 15 years and older comprise 600,000 cases. Women aged 15 years and older make up 250,000 of the total adults. Children from birth to 15 years old account for 14,000 cases of HIV/AIDS. The estimated adult HIV prevalence rate in Thailand is 1.4%. Total number of AIDS-related deaths in 2007 is 31,000 (UNAIDS).

December 1 commemorates World AIDS Day, but due to Thailand’s unstable political circumstances the World AIDS Day celebration was quite subdued, unfortunately. The original plan was to have a march of WAD participants from each corner of the moat to the center of town. (The central part of Chiang Mai is surrounded by a moat.) Speeches were to be given and lots of networking between HIV/AIDS organizations was expected. This was curtailed by the government’s fear of large numbers of people gathering due to the recent protest activity. Keep reading.

Read more mission updates by Brett and Shelly Faucett.

Mission Partnerships Strengthened on Trips to Egypt, Thailand and India

Two diverse contingents of new and veteran mission co-workers, congregation mission leaders, representatives of the Medical Benevolence Foundation and staff of IHM traveled in Egypt, Thailand and India recently, deepening their understanding together of how PC(USA)’s partners are working to address the health and development issues of their communities. Read the rest of this story in the International Health spring 2008 newsletter.

Meet the Faucetts

Photo of a group of seven children smiling for the camera. They are dressed in school uniforms.

Faucett family

Brett and Shelly Faucett began service as regional consultants for health and HIV/AIDS in South Asia in September 2007. Brett and Shelly are based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Most recently Brett, a registered nurse, was on the staff of Hoag Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif. He is a graduate of Maric College. Brett and Shelly served for two years with the Peace Corps in Moldova.

Shelly, a graduate of the University of California at San Diego, has had special training in teaching English as a Second Language and has worked as a literacy specialist as well as an ESL teacher with the Peace Corps.

The Faucetts are members of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, CA, and are accompanied by two daughters, Acacia Joy, and Annapurna Nai. Their position was funded through the Mission Inistiative Joining Hearts and Hands.

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