Re: GIPA or Discrimination of Community Care Co-ordinators

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Dear Manoj,

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Thanks for responding against the financial discrimination from NACO.

I am also advocating from long time the issue of DROP-IN-CENTRE salary this is

very interesting fun by NACO the Driver(10th pass) of SACS getting Rs.6000 per

month as salary and another side the Project Coordinator (M.A. or Graduate if

case of hiv+) of DIC is also getting Rs.6000 as salary.

The counselors of ART centre and other  TI project counselors is getting RS.

6500 To 8500 as salary but this is very unfortunate during PLHIVs counselors

open his/her HIV+ status lots of another HIV+ and negative who visited the

project is getting RS. 5000 as salary without any increment since 2005.

During 5 years including NACP II and NACP III NACO has been not feeling to

increase single paise for PLHIVs worker who are supporting all programmes of

NACO.

Low funding is no issue of NACO when they increased the salary  of SACS employee

many times but if any PLHIVs worker raised the issue of

salary of PLHIVs worker NACO is going to fund crisis.

These all matters is very high level conspiracy from NACO officials and also

they are supported by some PLHIVs leaders who don't wants to strengthen State

level Networks.

Ms.Pooja Thakur

President

Chandigarh Network of Positive People (CNP+)

Regional Coordinator INP+

C/O - Drop In Center - Int. Hotel, Sector 15A,

Madhya Marg, Chandigarh 160 015.

Tel.: +91-172-2784042,4664261

Cell: +91-9316177261

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Dear Forum,

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NACO policy is discriminatory for the PLHIV, not only in CCC, they have given

salary for OUT REACH WORKER Rs. 5500/PM in Target Intervention projects, at the

same time they are given salary for the same post Rs. 3000 in DIC project.

NACO had revised the their all projects, but Drop-in-center

for PLHIV is still the same, the salary of staff under the project are:

Project Coordinator: 6000/ Per Month

Social Worker: 5000/PM

Out Reach Worker 3000/PM

Office Assistant 3000/PM

The government had implemented/increased their salary as per 6th pay

commission, but in Drop-in-center project is getting less than minimum

wages.

DIC is the project handled by only Positive Network, than why NACO is not

review the project and implement as per minimum wages rules or their other

projects.

NACO should give answer, why they still practice this discriminatory policy for

the PLHIV community.

Thanks and Regards

Firoz Khan

e-mail: firozkhan000@...

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Dear Forum,

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I am seeing the burning pain through AIDS forum during the past couple of days.

Still it is continuing means I have no words to express the attitudes of the

Authorities. What they are thinking about us?

Before talking about the salary issue of CCC Community coordinators, I would

like to share my observances on GIPA with my heartfelt pain.

What is GIPA?  Do the authorities understand the real meaning of GIPA?

The overall goal of NACO’s Care and support towards PLHIV is enabling their

life and empowering them. In what way? It has only hurting the people and making

them more sick because of frustrations caused by their attitude towards the

Positive Community.

At District level? There is no GIPA in District level. NO GIPA in DAPACU. Then

how would the people’s voice and their issues will be understood by the

decision makers to develop appropriate solution?

There is no plan in NACO and SACS till date. But every DAPCUU center there is

very beautiful posters which I have seen with my own eyes.

Coming to CCC-Community coordinators, they are also qualified and having

Bachelors Degree.  They are getting salary 3500/- to 4000.

A salary which is lesser than what a domestic help would get. But there is some

post is available for MSW with salary 10,000/- .

The PLHIV are having good involvement and fully concerned about their jobs, and

are identifying with the PLHIV based on their own experience from painful life.

I dare to say this based on my observation.

The appointment of Community coordinators (PLHIV) is tokenism. Is it real GIPA?

Showing  the picture of PLHIV for the job postings and while those non PLHIV and

others are gaining more money (Salary) for their own subsistence like Rs.

40,000, 50,000, and 60,000, while a PLHIV suffers all through.

Each govt staff gets salary as per the planning commission. For them they have

so many support systems.

Secondly State level structure is as follows;

1. PD SACS

2.  Administration

3.  Regional Coordinator (Care and support)

4.  Deputy director CCC

5.  GIPA coordinator.

If the GIPA coordinator is at the bottom most of this pyramid, then how will

they be able to voice their issues and other plans to influence decision making?

He is only to concentrate the project DIC only.

Finally coming to NACO, GIPA policy is approved by NACO. But still why they have

not appointed PLHIV there. There should be Person living with HIV/AIDS there in

NACO to be involved in NACO’s planning and decision making meaningfully,

really truthfully without any threat and blackmail.

(By the time of merging to NRHM like process so many problem will be faced by

the Community staffs) .

 At the same time, the community representative should also be passionate and

strong enough to voice issues honestly.

When it will happen??? NACPIII clearly says enabling involvement of PLHIV as a

separate topic and budget is also there.

If it doesn't happen it is a disgrace on everybody.

Daisy ,

Women Living with HIV/AIDS-Chennai.

e-mail: <chennaidaizee@...>

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To all those concern,

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It is very unfortunate to bring the issuest in the limelight but no none is

still not really concern about the PLHIV coordinator who are really working in

touch with the lives of PLHIV.

Indeed, it is one big gap at the set up service mechanism with the existing

service delivery syatem and methodology, that the voices of PLHIV is not heart

clearly.

One way or the other the very post can be created and fit in in any sections of

the existing service of PLHIV related matters without much difficulties and with

no affect in the existing set up at the SACS level.

This clearly shows the negligence and the tokenism nature of the higher level in

both the national and state level agencies working in the area. Rather showing

their man pleasing attitudes towards the cause which will really hinder the

lives of every PLHIV.

So, it will be more effective and good going with much impact if both th PLHIV

and GIPA coordinator are place in every respective areas with reasonable salary

from among the community itself which will showcase the real and meaningful

involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS.

With thrust and regards,

M. Pushpakanta

e-mail: <vision_boy30@...>

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Dear Forum,

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Heartfelt thank you to the communication from G. Karunanithi.

Hereby I would like to share my opinion that NACO & SACS has been getting funds

from World Bank and from Global Fund for showing the population of PLHIVs.

But PLHIVs involvement is only a tokenism. Some of the people (Non PLHIVs) are

getting Rs.25000/- to Rs.100000/- (Salary) as a consultant of NACO & SACS.

But our community coordinator (PLHIV) has been working in ART Center and they

have been getting Rs.5000/- only. And also in the same ART Center other staffs

has been getting Rs. 8000/- to Rs.12000/- But Community Coordinator are

treating as a attender or Sweeper, for the namesake they are working as a

community coordinator. There is no MIPA.

Coming to DAPCU, There is no GIPA in DAPCU as you told, and it will be

continued in future, How can we mainstream the PLHIVs? Who will address the

needs and problems of PLHIVs at the district level?

In SACS, GIPA Coordinator is treating as a monitoring staff of DIC and He is

only to concentrate the project DIC only. He refused to involve in SACS care,

support & treatment programmes But he is not in the position to address the

problems and issues of PLHIVs. He refused to involve in the decision making

part. He is tokenism and it is not GIPA.

In Tamil Nadu PLHIV are treating as a patient. They refused to express their

skills, attitude, capacity towards decision making part. Why it is happening?

Some of the key officials of SACS has been dominating and discriminating the

PLHIVs.

Even NACO & SACS also did not follow the GIPA. But for the namesake they have

shared about the implementation of GIPA at all the level. NACO & SACS has been

working for PLHIVs. But they are also discriminating the PLHIVs.

Then how can they sensitize the other departments for involving the PLHIVs?

In Tamil Nadu, only for the namesake SACS has been involving the PLHIVs in

SACS, EC Committee Meeting as a EC Member. During the committee meeting they

have omitted the needs, problems and suggestion of PLHIV if some one told. They

have concentrated only their prepared agenda.

In this agenda SACS Staffs activities and information only included.

If the PLHIVs raised the voice to share their Issues in EC Committee meeting,

they will be terminated by key officials of SACS.

My job as a community coordinator was also terminated by SACS because I raised

voice to address the problems of PLHIVs.

Kindly read the above said the issues and You are requested to raise the voice

towards PLHIVs.

Thanks and Regards with,

G. Karunanithi,

Founder,

HUNS, Namakkal.

Mobile: 09486439174

Email: karunatnnpplus@...