Budget for Drop In Centres in NACP III

[Guest guest]

Dear NACO and Friends,

We would like to bring to your kind note that we have heard from our NGO Advisor

that in NACP lll the budget will be the same for Drop - In Centre which is 4. 5

lacks. Which is very inadequate. Most of the time PLHA's in need of medicines

help, nutritional & supplement, traveling, emergency expenses food etc.

We personally request NACO to revise the budget and guidelines of Drop - In -

Centre throughout the country to scale up the DIC program for PLHA's as part of

GIPA and respond to the needs of PLHAs at the grass root level.

Looking forward for your kind cooperation and active support to strengthen the

PLHAs movement.

In Solidarity

Jaffer Inamdar

Program Manager / Founder President.

Positive Lives Foundation \ " PLF-GOA\

e-mail: <plfgoa@...>

[Guest guest]

My dear friends of Goa PLHA Network,

Re: /message/7008

I feel very depressed by seeing your mail in India AIDS forum begging for more

budget for your DICs.

When will you become self dependent my dear friends? How long you keep on

knocking the door of organization like NACO for 'few dollars more' which does

not even have an employee from the PLHA community as a part of GIPA strategy?

NACO is an organization run by beurocrats, not affected people like you and me

so just keep on begging to NACO does not make any real sense at all.

Try to find out funding resources from your localities. Strategize your fund

raising program as per the availability of the resources. Raise the fund raising

capacities of the people of your network. Tap all the possible places. People

are not unkind. They will help you.

I run my small network with the money raised from the common people. We call our

organization not PLHA network but Peoples' Organization where every person

irrespective of his/her HIV status has equal right and voice. We help the people

and also get helped by the people.

We care a damn for funds from NACO, SACS or so called GFATM. More you break your

head on their doors more you loose ownership from your program and movement.

Be brave my dear friend. HIV is our problem not of the people sitting in NACO or

GF. If they do not care about our well being why should we bother about them.

in solidarity

Mangal Ram

e-mail: <mangalrampandey@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear FORUM,

Re: /message/7015

I think Jaffar is very right to demand which has been allocated for the PLHA

community. From my point of veiw you should not criticise other PLHA concern.

Your esteem organisation might be People Orgnaisation but other side how much

support did you provide to the People living with HIV/AIDS and People living

from HIV/AIDS.

As PLHA we felt that throwing all the stones to NACO or the Govt. is also not

the right approach. We need to advocate the concern authoirty instead blaming

them all the time

I think Jaffar is doing the right way by raising this issue to the forum. Lastly

please lets try do the way Munna Bhai does in the movie " Lage Raho Munna Bhai " .

Actually our principles is " SURRENDER TO WIN " .

Anyway I would like to appreciate you for your concern for the cause. We need

people like you to combat this epidemic. But lets try to raise the issue in the

right manner and in the right forum.

In solidarity

Ratan

E-MAIL: ratan singh <ratanng@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear Mangal Ram and Friends ,

First we would like to thanks for your response at the forum, and really

appreciate your great concern. Your response has been opened our eyes and

encourages us a lot.

We have just raised our voices on behalf of PLHAs Organization, Groups and

Networks throughout the country, not for our selves.

We PLHAs are not begging, it’s our duty and responsibilities to convince our

policy maker and high authority, regarding our problems and needs of PLHAs.

Until an unless how they can know, it is just tone of voice from grass root

level to respond access to treatment, care and support as a fundamental rights

of PLHAs. The majority of the PLHAs are belonging to poor family, they asking

for such supports.

Here we are not doing a favor for anybody; it is our duty and responsibilities

to return back to the society, what we are getting. It is batter to raise our

voices, because our voices have not been heard at the national level.

We are already in planning process to develop a strategy for fundraising to

support PLHAs members. Let me share experience of fundraising, we had approached

few donors, as we got response from them saying where is “BILLIONS” of rupees

going on? That India is receiving from the “WORLD BANK, WHO, and other Bilateral

Agencies” as a loan for our country to fight HIV/AIDS?

Even local organization, SACS are receiving crores of rupees. Still PLHAs are in

same crisis, another side HIV/AIDS spreading very fast. Why the situations are

becoming worse of PLHAs movements in India ? Whether our policies are not

inadequate or we are lacking some how to succeed.

We are thinking to bring all PLHAs groups, organization and networks together to

unite and fight collectively. Especially those disadvantages PLHAs Groups,

Organisation, Networks. Very soon we will be posting a information in the forum

for further discussion on forming a Federation of PLHA in India.

Let’s unite and fight collectively.

“THINK POSITIVE,

BE POSITIVE,

LIVE POSITIVE,

" BUT NOT HIV POSITIVE”......!

“BIENG HIV POSITIVE”

In Solidarity

Jaffer Inamdar

E-mail : plfgoa@...

[Guest guest]

Dear FORUM,

Re: /message/7008

Sabbas dost log. Inquilab Zindabad. Long live movement of the PLHA.

People should understand we are no beggers but asking for our rights and

democratic entitlement. If NACO does not respond effectively and adequately to

our justified need and demand we can raise our voice against the NACO and ask

explaination from them. If they are unable to put up an explaination or prefers

to keep unattended we must carry our movement against the insensitive system to

replace or rectify it.

Mangal Ram and his friends are always there to help you.

In Soliderity,

MANGAL

e-mail: mangalrampandey@...