Community_Based_Care_and_Support_for_people_living_with

HELPING PEOPLE, HELP THEMSELVES!

Community Based Care & Support Program for People Living with HIV / AIDS

Geographical Area:
Narela rural area and Narela township ,Rohini,Jehangirpuri, alipur,Singhu.

Supported By:

Abbot Laboratories through MAMTA

Project Status:
Ongoing Since July’ 2001

Target Group:
PLHA’s and their families, Vulnerable, affected children and positive children, Women specifically the expectant mothers.

Objectives:

Provide ongoing services of home based care & support to PLHAs & their families
Linking up the groups(children’s support groups, Children working group & PLHA support group)with each other & forming joint Action Group
Facilitating the linkage between the Support Groups/Joint Action Group and Service Providers

Project Brief:

The care & support program provides home based care and support (nutritional/meal support, educational support, health care etc.), and also facilitates linkage with govt. ART program. Besides, it provides seed money to PLHAs & their families for initiating income generation activities.

Key stake holders and peer educators are actively involved in organizing community sensitization activities like Mela, open discussion, poster exhibition, competitions (rangoli, cooking, painting, debate, talent show etc.), street play, meetings, rallies etc. Support groups formed over past years in the community have been brought together to form a Joint Action Group, that collectively identifies the gaps in the services offered and sensitises and mobilises the community as well as the service providers.

Beneficiary Data 2008-09

Number of people reached in the year 2008-09

Group	Total No
People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs)	80
Children infected with HIV/AIDS (CIAs)	26
PLHAs on ART	-
Children affected by AIDS (CAAs)	109
Family members affected by AIDS (FAAs )	78