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A Home for HIV/Aids destitutes

Support is a project of sumanahalli society, a residential care and support for HIV/AIDS destitute began in the year 2000. We started as service in the field of HIV/AIDS, visiting, counseling and giving treatment in the houses, hospitals and communities.

It was from 2004 the center ventured into in house care of HIV/AIDS affected people. The buildings for SUPPORT was inaugurated on the 25th of January 2004, by the honorable governor of Karnataka, Shri T.N. Chathruvedi. And Mrs. Vandana Gurunany IAS, former director, KSAPS, inaugurated the services on the 1st of June 2004.

We have capacity of 24 beds. The inmates are provided an integrated care, which includes yoga, meditation, counseling, behavioral therapy, psychotherapy, medication, meditation, occupational therapy, group activities etc.

Since then we have been involved with multi dimensional activates such as HIV/AIDS care for destitute, awareness programme for school children, garments workers, and truck drivers and training for different groups, such as teachers, nurses and health workers.

 

Our Vision:

SUPPORT as an NGO for HIV/AIDS destitutes envisages a human fraternity that unreservedly cares for its own without caste, color, creed and religion through Preventive, Promotional and treatment approach to make them part of the society.

Mission:

Looking at the problem of HIV/ AIDS with a positive approach to support the individuals to grow into holistically independent citizens.

AIM:

A Home for HIV/Aids destitutes

support aims at reaching out to three target groups :

  1. Destitutes with HIV/AIDS
  2. High risk groups
  3. General community with preventive programmes

Objectives:

  • * Institutional care for the destitutes
  • * Re-instating positive people in their families and the community
  • * Providing psychological and emotional support to accept and live a life with HIV/AIDS
  • * Creating public awareness
  • * Training + people for economic independence
  • * Improving health conditions
  • * Offering legal assistance to the HIV + against exploitation
  • * Training persons to deal with growing cases of HIV/AIDS.
  • * Promote HIV testing

Services provided:

A Home for HIV/Aids destitutes
  • * Home based care
  • * Drop-in facility
  • * Relinking lost family relationships
  • * Vocational training
  • * Job Placement
  • * Public Relations
  • * Health care
  • * Personality and Talent enhancement
  • * Research and Documentation

Criterion of Intake for residential care :

  • * HIV/AIDS destitutes
  • * Those rejected from families and society
  • * Poor and marginalized
  • * HIV/AIDS with Leprosy
  • * HIV/AIDS with Mentally retardation Your collaboration:
  • * Visit to SUPPORT to spend your valuable time with them.
  • * Be a family member of Support by your participation
    • A Home for HIV/Aids destitutes
  • * Sharing with others about support

* Financial support by:

  1. Sponsorship of a One month expense of the centre Rs. 100,000 (2000 euros)
  2. Sponsor an inmate Rs.10,000 (200 euros)
  3. Sponsor one time meal RS.1, 000 (20 euros)
  		 
1993 Mehboob- Most Efficient Handicapped Employee
1993 Mehboob- Most Efficient Handicapped Employee

Affected by leprosy when he was 15, Mehboob had to leave his native Bidar and come to Bangalore. Since he could not get a job, he had to beg for a living, and married a girl who also was a beggar. The police arrested them and brought them to Sumanahalli for treatment and rehabilitation. He worked in the gardens there and was most happy planting trees. Today, he is very happy to see those trees having grown big. Being uneducated, he joined our adult literacy class to learn to read and write. Sumanahalli placed him at NIMHANS where his relationship with his fellow employees was very good. His productivity was as good as that of his non-handicapped colleagues. Mehboob received his award for being Most Efficient Handicapped Employee on World Disabled Day in 1993.