Support 500 HIV Children in trauma in Tamilnadu

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.

True Story:                                             

Devi (name changed) is 15 years old and is studying grade 10. She had lost both her parents her father Sasi (name changed) and mother Setha (name changed) . Her father while working as a truck driver had contracted HIV infection due to casual sex. But he had not disclosed this to his wife and other family members. Devi’s mother having been transmitted with the infection by her husband died ten years back and her father died seven years ago, leaving his little daughter behind.

With all the relatives from her father’s side having abandoned her Devi’s maternal grand mother takes care of her with the poor income she is able to make as a coolie. Devi too had been found to be infected with HIV five years back and since then she has been under ART therapy.  As the ART therapy leaves the HIV victims extremely weak and their resistance to diseases decrease due to low CD4 count, Devi was struggling very much.  Her grandmother with her very poor income could not provide her the required nutritional food to help her cope with her health condition.

In such a situation, the help from SPPD in the form of monthly nutritional supplements has been helping her to recover from her poor health status and to focus on her studies. For this great help Dei and her grandmother wish to thank the donors of Global Giving and SPPD for  facilitating the same.

Details of Nutritional Kit provided for a child for a month:-

Milk                                         :           Twice - daily

Eggs                                        :           One daily

Dates                                      :           Five days in a week

Health Drink                           :           500 gms tin

3 type of Cereals or Pulses  :           1 kg each

Impact of the project :

To improve the quality of life of such children, such support was extended to them. Records have mentioned that the weight of this child has increased.  Where three meals a day was uncertain to this family, this support has brought remarkable change in the health status of this child.