AHF abandon PLHAs of Churachandpur Manipur

[Guest guest]

Sub: Unethical behaviors of AHF in India place the life of 500 PLHA in danger.

 

Dear Sir,

 

I the undersigned on behalf of Churachandpur Positive Women Network and as peer

outreach worker would like to express our shock and grievances of the way we the

positive people of Churachandpur has been subjected to by AHF. We request your

guidance and assistance to seek justice and fairness from AHF.

 

We are extremely shocked to receive the information that Ms. Lalitha of RAHUL

KAPOOR & ASSOCIATES, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, by an email on 29 March 2010 that

the AHF Care project in Churachandpur has been terminated from 1st April 2010

giving just 2 days notice to the Project staff and also a letter to sign which

say we receive March salary even before we received it and have not receive till

today.

 

There was no information about the plight of the PLHAs who were receiving care

treatment from this project. We are totally disappointed by the unethical and

inhuman behaviour of an international AIDS organisation.

That, the AHF India cares program in Manipur started in June/July 2009 has been

serving more than 500 clients and their families and provided support such as

clinic services for patients, counselling services, outreach, home based care

services, support groups, adherance support, prevention and awareness, testing,

condom promotion which has been of great help and support for people with

HIV/AIDS.

The project was heading smoothly as per strategies and work plan of the project.

But during the later stages of the project i.e. from December 2009 onwards the

project progress becomes slow and most of the activities could not be

effectively implemented due to irregular and delay of funding from the funding

agency and finally the project was closed down with two days notice.

We would like to highlight the following points of our grievances:

 

1. That, AHF is running humanitarian services for HIV/AIDS and to terminate this

services abruptly and arbitrarily violates all moral and ethical values as they

are supposed to stand and serve and advocate for the rights of PLHAs.

2. The termination of such care and support services without appropriate notice

and time for arrangement for us to access such services from others providers is

against all basic human rights so far as we the clients are concern.

3. This type of open and close policy is inhuman and the 500 clients enrolled in

the AHF program do not deserved added sufferings by the abrupt discontinuation

of the PLHA services. It would have been better if the program were not open at

all in the first place so as not raise hope and destroy it.

4. That, any funder can discontinue funding for various reasons such as

financial constraints but sudden termination of a program providing humanitarian

services without prior information has caused additional sufferings and

emotional upheaval for many of us.

5.That, we seek support you and other PLHAs groups, other networks of PLHA  and

organisation in the country to condemn such insensitivity of AHF and throw light

of this blunt and inhuman action of AHF India cares for abruptly and arbitrarily

stopping the PLHA services which cause pain and grief to us who depend on such

support services.

6. AHF is still operation in Delhi, which too will be closed down? Or this only

affects PLHAs from Manipur?

7. We, therefore, request your office to take due notice of this sort of

inappropriate behaviour of funding AIDS organisation that cause dismay, misery

and added emotional suffering for those living with the HIV disease and why the

PLHAs in Manipur are ignored?

8. We request you to send an urgent letter of concern to AHF President Mr.

Weinstein e-mail: .weinstein@...

 

Thanking you.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Narola

General Secretary,

Churachandpur Positive Women Network (CPWN+)

positivewomenccp@...