Re: Eligibility criteria for the post of ARTcounselor if the Candidate is PLHIV

[Guest guest]

Dear Kala,

Re: /message/11014

This is my personal suggestion that when you are writing

mail to DG-NACO, it should be very clear that what you are addressing.

When you are addressing your concern, you have to clearly mention that who is

the person or team involved in the counselor selection process, in what level,

whether it was in the district level or state level and what kind of support you

are expecting from the DG-NACO.

As you wrote involvement of PLHIV are only in the paper and

not in the practice.

Do not blame policies or practice; blame people who are

sitting in the decision-making bodies and taking decisions, it includes PLHIV

representatives.

You are aware the networks are built for advocating on behalf PLHIV and families

to access all.

But how many networks are focusing on advocacy and advocating for rights. In my

experience most of them are focusing on service delivery, instead of advocacy.

Today PLHIV lost their respect in the larger forum, due to lack of transparency

and accountability with us. If we are practicing and ensuring the transparency

and accountability, we have a right to address the same.

Sorry here I mentioned -we- (we means our community), not

specifically you and me.

Regards,

Kumar Nagarajan

e-mail: <kumarnagarajan86@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear Kala,

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NACO has a GIPA policy on the paper, but the criteria on the basis of

Educational qualification specially Masters degree in Psychology/MSW/ Sociology

is kept to keep PLHIV away thus keep GIPA on the paper.

There are many Professional Social Workers working in NGOs, ART Centers and Care

and support centres, but why are we unique and what difference we can make in

the lives of our peers?

The fact that PLHIV live with HIV, Mastered with HIV, live with the virus for

life, many of us live with ART & adhere to ART for life, understand the virus,

expert in understanding PLHIV Psychology and can counsel our peers if given

training on Counseling, if NACO or SACS understands and care, it would have been

different.

I call upon all PLHIV as individuals as well as representatives of PLHIV

Networks to unite and activate the PLHIV/Health activism in India.

We should activate our role as watch dogs for the services given to us and get

Greater and meaningful involvement of PLHIV/WLHIV at all levels from

implementation to decision making levels.

We should be in the decision making bodies to decide the criteria and

guidelines. PLHIV unitedly should elect our representatives, and not handpicked

for benifits of others by keeping our mouth shut or by accepting injustice.

Why NACO or ART Centres would not listen to us?

No more silence, Activate for Accountability, speak up for transparancy.

In Solidarity,

Board Members

Delhi Mahila Samiti

e-mail: <delhimahila.samiti@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

It is right that under the name of Greater Involvement of People Living with

HIV/AIDS (GIPA) no much work is been done.

Its tokenistic every where.

Now a days it a fashion to write in the vacancy announcement that PLHA are

encourage to apply, but in reality it can be seen from Kala experience and other

experience in Tamil Nadu that PLHA are deprived of jobs.

Its corruption that has come in HIV/AIDS sector, the lazyness of PLHIV community

in becoming strong advocates.

One can see how the age limits are given for the position announced in NACO not

even the PLHIV are given the grace to apply.

It is asked by many people at NACO and other international organisation as where

are the educated PLHIV as we have to match the qualification with the experience

etc  for giving jobs, but when they are there they are ignored WHY? I dont know

what will happen?

Supriya

e-mail: <at.news@...>