HIV/AIDS related activities of LAMP

[Guest guest]

Dear friends,

Our organisation-Liberal Association for Movement of People(LAMP) has been

successfully involved with the empowerment process of the poor and oppressed

especially women and children in 8 states of India, since 1978, for we have

recieved National and State Awards. In course of our involvement, we have been

also successfully undertaking the following activities in the fields of HIV/AIDS

prevention and care and support programme.

Our organisation-LAMP has been very much active in the fields of HIV/AIDS

prevention and Reduction of HIV/AIDS related stigma and discrimination in

various states of India. Moreover, LAMP has been running a Residential Home for

100 children at risk infected/affected with HIV/AIDS, at Kalyanpur, Sonamukhi,

Bankura, West Bengal, India. The details of our activities in the fields of

HIV/AIDS are as follows:

1.HIV/AIDS prevention programme among the Commercial Sex Workers and their

clients, in six areas- Jalpool, Canning and Ghutiary Shariff of South 24 Pgs.

District; Saheed Nagar of Kolkata district; and Champadanga and Tarakeswar of

Hooghly district, in the state of West Bengal. Commercial Sex Workers and their

clients and family members About 4,500 Commercial sex workers of six areas.

# Running awareness generation through focus group discussions, walling and

street corners etc. among the FSWs and their clients in 3 brothels (Canning,

Ghutiary Shariff and Champadanga ) and hotels at Tarakeswar;

# Running medical support programme to the FSWs and their family members in 3

brothels ( Canning, Ghutiary Shariff and Champadanga ) and hotels at Tarakeswar;

and 2 residential areas of the FSWs;

# Running educational( 4 non-formal primary schools) and cultural action

programmes among the FSWs and their children in 3 brothels ( Canning, Ghutiary

Shariff and Champadanga ) and hotels at Tarakeswar;

# Running Condoms promotion and marketing programme among the FSWs and their

clients in 3 brothels (Canning, Ghutiary Shariff and Champadanga ) and hotels at

Tarakeswar;

# Organising and running 45 grassroots level Self-Help Groups(SHGs) as the

organizations of the FSWs and their leadership and capacity building programme

in 3 brothels ( Canning, Ghutiary Shariff and Champadanga ) and hotels at

Tarakeswar, under the banner of the LAMP Micro Finance and Livelihood

Development Programme;

# Organising and strengthening 6 grassroots level organizations of the FSWs and

their leadership and capacity building programme in 3 brothels ( Canning,

Ghutiary Shariff and Champadanga ) and hotels at Tarakeswar and 2 residential

areas of the FSWs, under the banner of the " BINODINI MAHILA SANGRAM SAMANNAYA

SAMITY(BMSSS);

# Supporting the Central Network of 4 grassroots level organizations of the

FSWs and their leadership and capacity building programme of the " BINODINI

MAHILA SANGRAM SAMANNAYA SAMITY(BMSSS) and extending their activities in other

brothels of five states ( West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Delhi, and Uttar

Pradesh) of LAMP's involvement ;

# campaigning in favour of the human rights of the FSWs throughout India, with

the support of all Political Parties and Civil Society organizations.

2. Reduction of stigma and discrimination through socio-cultural action groups

and self-help groups, supported by the UNDP through the NACO.

Women & men living with HIV/AIDS, of West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand States.2000

HIV + women and men and One million people of three states# Organize behaviours

change and social change communication through counselling, establishing

human/women's rights among the HIV/AIDS infected and affected persons and

organize media campaigns, for sensitization of people to prevent and reduce

stigma and discrimination against HIV/AIDS;

# Formation of 100 Self-Help Groups among 2,000 HIV+ persons and supporting them

with technical and financial support for strengthening their livelihood.

3.Home for children infected / affected by HIV+, supported by the MAC AIDS Fund.

Children infected / affected by HIV+100 boys and girls infected/affected with

HIV/AIDS. Started the home at Kalyanpur, Sonamukhi, Bankura with 20 children in

2010.

4. Exploring sponsorship for providing second line drugs and other supports to

the poor AIDS patients facing resistance to first line drugs, with the support

of All India Association of Voluntary Agencies. The critical patients will be

recommended by the Networks of PLWHA and primary target is to provide these

supports to 1000 most critical poor AIDS patients especially children from

different parts of India. Selection process of critical poor AIDS patients is

started and their details would be uploaded in the websites, for getting

sponsorship from different parts of the world. Positive peoples' networks and

renowned personalities are involved in this programme.

Considering the above, we request you kindly to circulate this mail to all your

members, so that we would get needy Children infected/affected with HIV/AIDS,

who can be accomodated at our " Kalyandeep Home " . If necessary, we would take

necessary steps to establish new " Residential Care Homes " for the needy children

with HIV/AIDS, in any part of India.

We also expect technical, monitoring and all kinds of support from the NACO, the

Action Aid and other supportive organisations especially the PLWHA

organisations, to successfully implement the above activities.

With all best wishes and warm regards to all of you.

Yours sincerely

Malay Dewanji

Hony. General Secretary, LAMP

www.lamp-ngo-india.org

e-mail: <malaydewanji@...>