Don't sell our souls

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Dear Friends,

this is in response to the message " Kerala PSH a fact sheet " The Partnership in

Sexual Health (PSH)programme is supported by Department for International

Development (DFID), Governed by Health Department, Govt. of Kerala, managed by

Kerala State AIDS Control Society (KSACS), facilitated by State Management

Agency (SMA) and implemented by NGOs " .

I am sad to read such a letter from a responsible person. It is far from

truth. Of course, there are NGOs and NGOs. So I can understand the spirit,

so forgivable. But why this letter is written is a mystery. There is no

occasion, except a feeling that somebody asked somebody to write such a

letter. It looks like a Government report, sad to see from an NGO partner.

But when sexworkers both male and female and MSMs are arrested and tortured

by police on a daily basis and the Government has no real interest in the

running of the project, somebody writing such a glossy report makes an ugly

feeling deep in my soul. I have written continuously in these forums about

the failure of these projects in all its fronts many times before. So I don

t want to repeat them again here. After five years we are now accountable to

the public. As there was no data before one can always say that they have

done everything as there is no reference point. So they can show that

whatever the situation now would have been worse if not for their work. So

there is always this way out.

The 'Truth' is that we failed miserably in addressing the issue of the HRB

group and I am ready to answer anybody who is ready for a serious inquiry.

One should not sell their soul but of course one can altogether miss it.

Love

Maitreya

E-mail: <maitreya@...>

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