By Raju Joseph | Project Leader
Greetings from Society for Poor People Development (SPPD)
The hardships that Covid19 pandemic has inflicted have not left any section of the society untouched here. And among our target communities, the condition of those living with HIV here has become worse to worst during the last three months. The victims of HIV constantly live in the grip of the fear of contracting the covid19 infection on one hand, while the total loss of even the minimal livelihood has been taking a heavy toll of their already fragile health. The dangerously low level of immunity that the persons living with HIV has been making their lives much more difficult in our working villages now.
The lockdown measures have reduced them to extreme misery and though lockdown has been lifted with a lot of restrictions of late. But the economic activities especially the livelihood opportunities are scarce and it would take a long time for revival it appears. The rigid medical regimen of ART therapy which is vital for the very survival of the persons living with HIV and it requires a minimum requirement of food intake. But the COVID-19 pandemic has made their lives extremely difficult being unable to make even the marginal income that they were able earn formerly. Many of the members of the community of persons living with HIV in our villages have recorded poorer CD 4 count in the last couple of months.
Lalitha (name changed) who was living with HIV and with very low CD4 count, being deprived of nutritious food has tragically passed away last month.
SPPD has been trying its best to help the community during these hard times and extended help to 40 of those families with the sponsorship from some kind hearted donors. A total number of 986 of families were distributed with kit of dry ration who are depended on daily wages. 600 families with direct cash transfer of Rs.3000/- and Rs.5000/- respectively were benefited. Though the needy persons from the community are quite higher here SPPD has been doing its bit to extend a helping hand.
Links:
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
