Child Protection India Project #30008

Support 500 HIV Children in trauma in Tamilnadu

by Society for Poor People Development (SPPD)

Support 500 HIV Children in trauma in Tamilnadu

Project Report | Apr 2, 2019
Through your support you help reach our goals!

By Raju Jospeh | Project Leader

We take this wonderful opportunity to sincerely thank you for your continued support in this project. Your kindness and generosity has enabled to reach out to the students who are in need of our help.

Your contribution to our project through GlobalGiving has a huge impact on the Children living with HIV/AIDS.

Ravi (name changed) along with other four members his father, the step mother and the two brothers reside in a small tiled house. His father has been living HIV and has been under the Anti Retro Viral Therapy (ART) since 2006. He is too weak to take up any work. His mother had passed away having been infected by HIV. His step mother is also living with HIV. Hence the two elder brothers of Ravi had to drop out of school and take up odd work as daily labour to earn for the living of the family.

The MGREG scheme work for 100 days of work a year is shared by the two of them. Due to the severe drought conditions prevailing in the region for the last four years the jobs are very hard to come by. The very minimal income they are able make, they struggle hard to support Ravi’s education along with the basic expenses of the family. With enormous determination, his brothers strive very hard to educate their brother to make up for their own inability to continue their studies.

Ravi has been under ART for the last 10 years. The therapy he has been on, takes a heavy toll of the health of Ravi. He is underweight and was extremely weak. But with the nutritional supplements he has been receiving for the last few months from GlobalGiving, his body weight has increased. More importantly, his CD4 count has increased at present.

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Dec 31, 2018
Giving new hope

By Raju | Project Leader

Children whose parents are living with HIV/AIDS have reduced household income combined with increased expenses , which push the families into poverty consequently having less outcomes for children in terms of nutrition , education and health status.

Because of Nutritional support to the targeted group in the region, enabling environment by the way of increasing CD4 count and best immunity power are ensured to such children. Due to change in physical and psychological recovery, children’s schooling is very comfort by avoiding dropouts. Care and Support of care givers i.e might be parents or Grandparents, is well tuned up with motivation boost up.

True Story :

Deepika (name changed) is 11 years old and studying 6^th standard , her family resides in the Adi Dravidar colony. Her father after becoming infected with HIV/AIDS and has been undergoing the Anti Retro Viral Therapy for the last few years. She too is under ART regimen for the last one year. Deepika belongs to the community of Schedule caste which is considered the lowest and untouchables in the Hindu caste hierarchy.

The exclusion of the community and individuals belonging the considered to be low is not very rigid in the urban centres. But in the rural belts like the region where Deepika’s family reside, the rigidity on caste system is still very much prevalent. When already being forced to be in a socially excluded life deprived of many rights, living with HIV/AIDS is terribly added burden.

Under the circumstances, the help that is being provided to Deepika is considered as a Panacea by her parents. Hence they say they will be able to bring up Deepika as a healthy girl with the nutritional supplements regularly provided with the support of donors, even if they find it feed her for days due to unemployment. They thank the donors and GlobalGiving for the same.

True Story :

Sophia (name changed)is studying Grade XII in Government Hr. Sec. School, Paithamparai. Her father had contracted the infection when he was working as a daily wage labourer in bore well excavation work, passing the infection to his wife also. Both of them are regular with the consumption of the ART medicines from the day they are aware of the infection. Due to this cause, he was removed from his job, and currently he is working as a farm labourer together with his wife and rears cattle when there are failed monsoons. However this income was insufficient to support a family of five. Situations have worsened as the infection they acquired is messing up their health condition day by day. They are unable to go for work on a continuous scale.

However the income they earned was insufficient to feed and educate their children. They were unable to provide them with healthy and nutritious food. They live in a hut and avail the rations that are provided by the Govt. at cheaper rates. Sophia has two sisters studying Grade V and studying Grade X in Panchayat Union Middle.

“Now with the help of this support, I’m glad to see them consuming nutritious food for the entire month”, remarks Ms. Rani (name changed).

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Oct 2, 2018
STRENGTHEN THE LIFE TO BE HAPPIER

By D.Sherin Roopavthi | Documenter

STRENGTHEN THE LIFE TO BE HAPPIER

We have been uplifting the life of HIV/AIDS affected parents and begotten children to be healthier by the support of donors. The nutritional packs which we provide have an effective impact and help their body to response for their treatment.

Physical traumatic of HIV/AIDS parent are helpless for the source of income. The Nutritional diet lends a hand to increase the duration of life and to be stronger . Therefore we are eagerly seeking the support of donors; to bestow much more effective impact to live a life secure and without hassle.

TRUE STORY

Vivek (name changed) is studying 11^th grade in the Zamindar Higher Secondary School at Thuraiyur. He has a younger brother who is studying 10^th class. His father Tharman (name changed) is infected with HIV and he has been undergoing treatment at the Government Hospital, Trichy for the last 10 years. Fortunately none of the other family members are infected. The children of the family are getting profited from the interventions of SPPD since the year 2010.

Vivek‘s (name changed) father owns a small tailoring shop with a single sewing machine. In the monthly nutritional kit he gets a package comprising of 30 litres of milk, eggs 30 nos., green peas 1 kilogram, pigeon pea 1kilogram, Nutritional drink (Horlicks) ½ KG and Datefruits 60 pieces. According to the family members of Vivek has been greatly benefited by the nutritional supplement provided by SPPD all these years. This has gone a long way in keeping the CD4 count on a good level of him with the nutritional supplements.

This has ensured Vivek to be free of any major opportunistic disease. The family members say that considering the poor income of the family, but for this monthly provision of nutritional items, the health and the continuation of education of Vivek would have been in jeopardy. And hence they thank the Donors who have made in possible through GlobalGiving and SPPD profusely.

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