Save lives of HIV Orphan Children in India

Leaving no stone unturned to deliver urgent relief for the HIV children and their families

As the country’s energy and resources are currently occupied in battling COVID 19, those infected with HIV are more vulnerable due to low immunity and are impacted with a serious challenge to accessing lifesaving anti-retroviral therapy and nutritious food during this unprecedented lockdown. Besides, many people from this community who are daily wage workers are out of work and are left with no money to access any resources available.  

As emergency relief measures, The PRIDE India has crafted its intervention programmes to address these challenges and to support the HIV infected and affected children and their families to ensure that they remain safe indoors and do not become victims of hunger and malnutrition and even more vulnerable to opportunistic infections.

With the help of its supporters and well-wishers, The PRIDE India has taken into account and has reached out to the HIV children and their families with the initiatives below: 

• 1375 vulnerable PLHIV families with no survival resources were provided with dry food grains and hygiene kits that would help the families sustain for about 20 to 22 days.
• The registered PLHIV have been provided with three months of anti-retroviral therapy at a time to avoid frequent travel.
• Arrangements of telephonic medical consultations for unwell PLHIV and telephonic follow-ups for provided for counseling, drug adherence of PLHIV.
• Home delivery of medicines and need-based home visits are conducted if the PLHIV is not able to reach the hospitals and also to avoid the risk of increased exposure to COVID 19.

The PLHIV families were happy and grateful to PRIDE India and it’s well-wishers such support which ensures their safety, good health and well-being.