Grant for AIRTDS to assist orphans and vulnerable children

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Action for Integrated Rural and Tribal Development Social Service

Society (AIRTDS)is to receive USAID grant to assist orphans and

vulnerable children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in India.

Four organizations will receive a total of $400,000 in grants for

HIV/AIDS projects under the U.S. Agency for International

Development's Community REACH program. The projects will focus on

improving support to orphans and vulnerable children through focused

study and research. The recipients, all local, non-governmental

organizations, were selected from over 45 applicants working in nine

countries.

Action for Integrated Rural and Tribal Development Social Service

Society (AIRTDS), India. will conduct participatory research to

evaluate the needs of orphans and vulnerable children infected and

affected by HIV/AIDS in foster care. AIRTDS will conduct key

informant interviews to determine levels of acceptance of OVC in

foster families and communities, quality of care by primary

caregivers, and availability of psychosocial support for OVC and

their foster families. Study results will be used to both strengthen

AIRTDS support services for OVC and foster families, and develop

tools for advocacy and community programming.

Pact, a U.S. NGO, is managing this project with Futures Group

providing expertise in the area of monitoring and evaluation. Legally

established non-governmental organizations and community-based

organizations, including universities and faith-based organizations,

may apply for grants if working on a local, regional or worldwide

basis in USAID-presence countries.

For more information, see www.pactworld.org/reach. For further

information please contact Polly Mott at Reachgrants@... or

202.466.5666