HELP US TO BUILD FUTURE OF HIV/AIDS KIDS IN INDIA

BABY SHRAVANI

Baby Shravaniis 6years old and her family belongs to Raigad District in Maharashtra, India. Her father used to work as a peon in a commercial factory. When her father found himself being a HIV positive patient, he did not disclose his status to anyone except his wife.His wife was already pregnant by that time and later tested to be HIV positive.

Due to fear of discrimination from the community, Shravani’s father made his wife also not to disclose their status to anyone in the village.This fear has made him to get delivery of his wife at village home itself.

The ignorance and fear of this dreadful disease made him not to take advantage of medical care available in Government Hospital. It is referred to as “prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV disease”. Thus, the implication arose for being the child, Shravani, to be born with HIV infection.

After demise of her parents there was no one to take the responsibility of the child.  It was not just loss of parent but Shravani’s health condition was also completely neglected. The villagers with gap of 2-3 months use to get medicines for Shravani from Mumbai City at Sion Government Hospital. Shravani developed skin disease all over her body due to poor health as well as lack of nutrition facilities.

One of villagers came to know about DESIRE Society at Government hospital. They came with this reference to us. The child was in malnutrition condition.After admission at DESIRE Society, our team gave her special attention towards treatment of opportunistic infections and highnutritious diet in her food schedule. Within 3 months span she had recovered well with lot of special“ love and care” rendered by team DESIRE.

Now baby Shravani is very pretty and cheerful girl among all the inmates. She is admitted in “ Sr.K.G. at Maharashtra English medium School“ at Goregaon (W) close to our care home.She wants to study well and become a teacher. DESIRE Society would strive to keep the dream of baby come true through contributions and support from GLOBAL GIVING that we hope to receive.

Improved status of Anuroop, HIV boy at DESIRE Hyderabad Care Home ,IDA Bollaram

Updated health / educational status of Master Anuroop at Hyderabad Care Home level

Anuroop, HIV boy [7years] is enrolled with DESIRE Hyderabad Care Home level, IDA Bollaram. He has come around two years back with death of both HIV parents. His father was  shop keeper and mother was a teacher. With un disclosed matter of his HIV status , Anuroop’s mother got infection. As a result of mother to child transmission , the boy was born with this dreadful disease.

This orphan HIV boy is at Hyderabad care home level. The grand parents are still alive but not in position to take care of him. Because of this reason he is admitted in care home. The picture attached shows the improved health status. Over the years he is taken care in terms of nutritive food/ medication in time / private schooling .

He is cooperative and takes up the disciplined way of life. Nutritive diet and ART medication is helping him to grow up like any other normal child in community.

Initially he was enrolled for in campus schooling within scope of care home level. Once he was prepared well for the schooling then at present he is enrolled in private schooling. The private schooling is making him strong on educational front. He is taking it up the private schooling positively. He has started scoring well for schooling.

He is favorite of his grand parent’s as well as intimately associated with care takers [ 6 HIV women working as care givers for these children at care home ].The future lies in contributory factor of each one of wish wisher’s of DESIRE Society in grooming them as a better citizen of India.