Name of the Project
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Institutional Care Home (ICH)
Target Geographical Area
Mumbai and Neighbor Districts
Target Group
The organization focuses on disadvantaged children emphasizing on HIV+ve victims,children abandoned by one or both parents, children of sex workers, truck drivers and children who have been abused and belong to poor socio economic conditions.
Aims & Objectives
This project aims to effort for the health development and well-being of Children Living with HIV/AIDS (CLHAs).
Goal of the Project
Goal of the project is to make these children happy with an uncompromised quality life as long as they can live on this earth by providing comprehensive care under institutional care facilities.
No. Of Children Admitted
25 Girls (Goregaon West) and 18 Boys (Vashi - Navi Mumbai) as on 30 June, 2017
Program Description
In India many places with a high prevalence of HIV, efforts to provide care and support for AIDS orphans have been underway for many years. Although existing initiatives are encouraging, many of these are small scale and are struggling with the increasing number of children that require care mainly in high-prevalence states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharastra and Telangana. In order to develop a comprehensive and sustainable response to children, DESIRE Society has been initiated a project which is committed to provide services of treatment, nutrition, shelter and education with moral support to Children Living with HIV/AIDS (CLHA).Activities of the Project:
Monitoring & Evaluation
Once a child is admitted he/she will be under medical observation by health care team. Drug adherence has more priority in this program, because unless a patient takes ART regularly he/she can not find result of it. Each child will be maintained a separate file with precise code. Orphans and neglected children will be given preference to bring them on facilities. A five member review committee will evaluate the program chronologically and advise the team to work more effectively. Medical officer of concern project site is the in-charge for the treatment part and he/she is responsible for the entire clinical services of the program. The medical staff will work under his/her guidelines and supervision.
Outcome
By offering these services will enable the stigma free environment among the children suffering with HIV/AIDS. Therefore, this will reduce the stigma associated with the disease in our society. While treating their opportunistic infections and offering them proper nutrition will also enable children attending the school regularly and psycho-support (counseling) can impact on children to adopt good behaviour. In addition this support will strengthen the positive thinking to lead happy life among CLHAs.