India
Snehalaya - NGO
biofarm - himmatgram
People living with HIV face prejudice and their ART medication weakens them, making holding down a job and providing for their families extremely difficult. Snehalaya's Himmatgram or 'Hamlet of Courage' stands in 25 acres of arable land on the outskirts of Ahmednagar, complete with its own poly tunnel, well and reservoir. It provides food for our other projects as well as a safe haven and gainful employment for a number of HIV+ families.

This biofarm has become a community for former sex workers and HIV+ beneficiaries ready to make a new life for themselves and their families. Here they learn how to become self-sufficient in a rural setting, gaining skills in organic farming, crop rotation, irrigation and dairy farming. Live-in project manager ensures they receive all the support they need to farm their own produce with the excess going to supply our Rehab Centre. He also counsels them through their transition to rural life, medical treatment and respite care - the farm has become their family home.

NGOs

India

Palawi, Pandharpur

Snehalaya

Alliance India , India
New Delhi, Delhi
"Our programmes foster wellbeing, realise equality, and affirm the dignity of communities most affected by HIV"
Alliance India works in partnership with civil society, the government of India and communities to support sustained response to HIV in India and build healthier communities. HIV services are broadly provided under the prevention and treatment programmes. HIV prevention services aimed at reducing transmission of HIV by building safety around the transmission routes such as – mother to child, sexual contact, sharing needles to inject drugs and blood transfusion etc. The treatment and care services include enabling access and supporting adherence to HIV treatment and managing opportunistic infections. Besides, HIV programmes address stigma and social and economic barriers impeding individuals from accessing quality services.

Burundi
SWAA Burundi (We were not able to get NGO website but website of their partner)