Save lives of HIV Orphan Children in India

According to the National Aids Control Organization, blood transfusions affected around 1342 people across India in 2018-19 due to unsafe blood transfusion practices in hospitals.

One such victim of unsafe blood transfusion practices was 11-year-old Dheeraj (Name changed) from a remote village in Osmanabad District, Maharashtra. He lives with his parents who are both negative. Dheeraj suffered from severe amenia and had to undergo regular blood transfusions. During one of the blood transfusion sessions, his health deteriorated and he was then tested positive for HIV.

This had shaken up their world completely and left his parents completely shattered. Due to the HIV infection, Dheeraj had become physically very weak. PRIDE India then intervened and registered him in the Care and Support programme. He was put on the ART treatment and was also supported with regular counseling along with his parents. Since his health deteriorated, he was provided with a nutritious diet. This helped to improve his CD4 count, decreasing his viral load as well. With continuous monitoring, treatment and a healthy diet, his physical and mental condition improved.

He was also linked to the government schemes. Dheeraj and his parents are now moving forward taking one day at a time as they fear his future. They thank PRIDE India for all the support, motivation provided and especially for helping them to move ahead when their life had come to standstill.

There are many HIV children who need our support and we request you to join hands to support this cause of bringing smiles in their lives…..

Your contribution helps orphan children live their childhood…

It’s a worse situation for a small child to become an orphan or being left with a single parent.  Many children have lost their parents due to HIV infection and fighting the infection need support. Support from donors like you has helped us reach to 154 orphaned children and provide a caring and healthy environment through medical treatment, Nutrition supplies at their home and follow-up on ART adherence and counselling.

2 years old little master “Sham” (Name changed) resides with his mother in Dapka village, Osmanabad district of Maharashtra state. Big crises entered his life when his father died due to HIV/AIDS and their relative separated them because of stigma and discrimination. The responsibilities came upon his mother’s shoulder who is also suffering from HIV infection. The mother works as daily wage labor to fulfill basic survival needs of family. In many occasions, his mother was not able to feed him nutritious food thus his health condition became very weak. In a very weak condition, his mother brought him to PRIDE India SPARSH community care center, where he was supported with quality medical treatment and was also enrolled on the regular nutrition diet program. Now every month, regularly he is receiving nutrition support and medical treatment. In the last six months his health status had improved significantly for eg his CD4 count increased up to 971, weight gained from 6 kg to 10 kg, and height increased from 64 cm to 65.

His mother thanks PRIDE India for standing behind as family members and supporting her to live a life with better hope!

There are many orphaned HIV children who need support. Request your support to the cause of  bringing smiles in  their lives…..