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- Orphan children who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and lost their both parents and single parents.
- Drop out children from the school
- Care takers of the above children in the community
- Preventive programs to cover general population, teachers, Religious leaders, health care workers, industrial workers, truck drivers
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2 Families reconstructed the house which was damaged by the heavy rain
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All the families able to meet the daily expenses in day – to - affairs
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6 Families came out of their debt bondage and repaid the old debts.
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All the families happily celebrated DEEPAVALI (light festival) in a very happy mood with new dresses and good foods. Earlier they won’t do like this. Earlier to celebrate this festive they use to get loans or borrow money from moneylenders with high rate of interest, but now the whole scenario is changed.
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There is no drop out from school going children and increase in the quality and the quantity of the education materials among the school going children.
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Timely supply of educational materials to the school going children
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The decrease in the number of drops outs from regular school studies.
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Motivated beneficiaries actively participating in Women Association meetings.
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Mr. Raj Kumar started own business (cloth selling by bicycle in villages)
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Saving encouraged in all beneficiaries.
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The project funded by Elton John AIDS foundation.
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Subject:
[sea-aids] Project: Livelihood support for orphans infected and affected by AIDS, India
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 03:59:00 -0000
Project: Livelihood support for orphans infected and affected by AIDS,India
Ulaganathan Irudayasamy, IRDRP-India
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Successful approach to support Orphan Children infected and affected by AIDS.
a. Background –Project target group, target area and context
The Project area is Salem and Namakkal District where the HIV/AIDS Prevalence is very high. We have taken a survey in 30 villages of Puduchathiram Block, Namakkal District. We have identified 168 orphans who lost either the parents or single parent. The First of the Project is addressing to 20 School going children and 15 Drop our children in the 2 villages.
b. Current status & Progress:
Activities:
Inauguration:
Project was formally inaugurated by the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC) Bishop Rev. Dr. Arul Dass, and the blessings from his team we launched the project in the Kalangani village. Rev. George Samuel, Director, Socio Economic Board and Dr. Sophia, St. Joseph’s Hospital were given special speaks to the community.
Beneficiaries planning meeting:
We called the Village Care Committee and told the list of beneficiaries and got the approval from the VCC. The VCC planned where to buy the buffaloes and goats. They suggested to buy them in the local Sandai (Market) and we tried to the local market, we could not get good and quality buffaloes. Then we went to Kerala to buy them. The cost was so high still we bought 20 buffaloes at an average cost of Rs.6500/- each in a lump sum manner. We transported and distributed to the families.
An agreement Bond was made between IRDRP and Client to maintain and manage the Buffaloes. In the Bond they have agreed not to sell the Buffaloes for 3 years and should maintain by themselves. They should do the proper medical care and insurance renewal. This was drafted by the VCC.
Role of Village Care Committee (Community care system):
VCC agreed to monitor the family regularly to execute the bond and to provide social and technical support & care to the PLWAs. At the end VCC will evaluate all the activities geared to PLWAs.
Medical camps:
Medical camps were organized with the support of Dr. Sophia who works in Christian Mission Hospital. All the children in the villages were screened and covered in the medical camp. Regular de-worming, vitamins tablets were given to children. There are 2 cases were identified (TB and Tonsillitis) and referred for further treatment.
Veterinary Doctor:
Dr. Mohan from Government Veterinary Doctor regularly visited and checked all the animals. He worked with full commitment to save the animals from Red Tongue disease and Leg foot swelling in the rainy season. If he didn’t do that we could not save all the animals. We appreciate his efforts. There was excess amount we spent for treatment, which is not foreseen.
Vocational Training for Drop out children: We taught candle making, soap powder, washing powder making, cover making training to girls and boys. The electronic and electrical training will be conducted in the Month of April to May when the schools will be closed for holidays.
Setbacks:
As per the program we planned to buy small goats (Lamp). But, people experienced that small ones with out parents care and milk they easily die. Therefore they requested us to buy big ones. So we bought 3 for each family at the rate of Rs.1500/- each. Now most of them are pregnant, likely each family will get additional of 2 to 3 offspring.
In the initial period the local people did not buy the milk from the beneficiaries, who rear the buffaloes, because, of AIDS (misconception) and then we educated by milk HIV/AIDS won’t spread. They changed their attitude and supported us in buying locally. Some beneficiaries are selling the milk in milk co-operative. The Milk van daily comes to the village and collects the milk.
In this year we had heavy monsoon rain. Goats were not withstanding this situation. They had new diseases like Red Tongue disease and swelling in the foot attacked few goats and buffaloes. Government Veterinary Doctor helped to cure the disease. But, 3 goats died. Massive treatment helped to safe guard all other animals.
Achievements:
Quarterly review meeting held with VCC and Staff to monitor the project. The Following success stories were recorded:
Contact:
Dr. Ulaganathan Irudayasamy
Director, IRDRP
No 12 First st, Maheswari Nagar,
Hasthinapuram, Chennai-600 064.
Tamil Nadu. India.
Ph: 91-44-22233607
Mobile: 09444201262.
Email: irudaya_swamy@yahoo.com
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Subject:[sea-aids] Project: World AIDS' orphans day observation
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 06:59:00 +0100
Project: World AIDS' orphans day observation Tamilnadu, India
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May 7, 2006 World AIDS Orphans Day was observed in Puduchatheram, Tamilnadu which has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Tamilnadu. The Institute of Research and Development for the Rural Poor-Trust (IRDRP-Trust) is implementing a project for AIDS affected and infected orphan children providing care and support in 30 villages of Puduchathiram with the support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation UK.
The project aims to provide economic support to orphan children through their immediate dependents like grandmother and grandfather or close relatives by way of providing buffaloes and goats to raise their income so that they can support the orphan children who were infected and affected by AIDS. Till now 100 orphans have been supported through the project.
To observe the World AIDS Orphans Day, IRDRP organized a vocational training course and life skill education training for a month. Children were taught to design artificial flowers, and games. At the end of the day there was a candle light ceremony to remember their parents and others who have from AIDS. 25 children participated in the course.
The inaugural function was organized in Puduchatheram on 7th May 2006.IRDRP committed to help these disadvantaged groups in the society and the Director Dr.Irudayasamy emphasized the National Orphan Policy should be drafted and implemented by the Government only then will the welfare and rights of orphan children be protected. Mr.Sakthivel, Secretary MAGENM extended his wishes to the course, local volunteers and community leaders participated and greeted the children.
We thank the Elton John AIDS foundation for funding the good cause. We celebrate the organization's commitment and development. We also sincerely thank MGENM and its staff for organizing such a good program in the area.
For more details contact:
Dr.Irudayasamy, MA, M.Phil, LLB. BGL, DHMS Director, IRDRP
No.12 first st, Maheswari Nager,
Hasthinapuram, Chennai-600 064
TN, India
Phone: +91-44-22233607
Mobile: 09444201262
Email: irudaya_swamy@yahoo.com
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Institute of Research and Development for the Rural Poor Trust (IRDRP)
Tamil Nadu, India – Care of Orphan Children infected with HIV/AIDS for their Educational, Nutritional & Social Support
This small organisation is based in a rural area of Tamil Nadu and applied to the Foundation for help in the care and support of children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.
Most of these children have to abandon their education because relatives who may be willing to care for them cannot afford the school fees or costs of uniforms, books, food etc and, as a result they have to go into child labour or are admitted into institutions.
The Foundation has funded IRDRP to support 20 extended families looking after these children by enabling them to purchase buffaloes and goats. For daily income, buffalo milk is sold to villagers and for other expenses the goats are reared and sold on, the profit being used to pay school costs. Training in the management and rearing of livestock was built in from the start and a local vet donates his time to ensure they are kept healthy.
Since the start of this programme none of the children have had to drop out of school, families no longer have to borrow money from local money lenders and a milk co-operative has been started enabling some of the families to sell milk further afield. This is an example of one of the dozens of small grants given by EJAF each year to support community-based organisations in Asia and Africa. They are often initiated by local people and, as well as providing direct care and support, play a significant role in reducing the stigma and discrimination still associated with HIV/AIDS.
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