Status of CBO's in Tamil Nadu- Regarding CCC and DICs

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum,

TANSACS, had invited applications for a community care center (CCC) and Drop in

center(DIC) from NGO and CBO in Tamilnadu. When considering the call for

application for Community care center, TANSACS has asked for Medical facility,

Bed strength, case load and Lab facilities and have said that a year old CBO

could apply. And in the JAT visit , The committee members are hard and fast in

sticking on to the criteria on holding the above said facilities. We from the

Tamil nadu Networking People with HIV/AIDS (TNNP+) in Tamilnadu, strongly feel

that this demand for medical facilities for granting the project is unfair.

How Could TANSACS expect a one year old CBO to have all the have lab

facility, medical facility etc…

Provided we CBO would have been funded in the NACP II , as other CBO in other

states were given the Project and recognition by SACS in other states, then we

would have been able to have all the facilities for the community care center in

our CBO as well, but you were quite controversial to the NACO guidelines and

have been continuing in the same phase, even in the NACP III.

Is this to prevent CBO from strengthening itself or is it to prevent us from

getting services? The preference is always for the NGO and this is a one sided

favour extended by you to the NGO and completely neglecting the CBO.

In NACP II , the NGO , only after the grants were released for CCC, they began

to develop the Medical facilities and bed strength, but in this NACPIII, the

demand for medical facility is held as a criteria for granting the project.

We require justice and an opportunity to prove ourselves in Par with the

standards of the NGO. TANSACS should avail us an opportunity as the other SACS

in other states function with the CBO.

*IS THIS A FAIR OR AN UNJUST APPROACH OF SACS? *

Karunanidhi.G

Tamil Nadu Networking People with HIV/AIDS (TNNP+)

391/30, East 8th street,K.K. Nagar

Madurai- 20

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