HIV & AIDS

EFICOR is working as a facilitating agency to Churches, Mission agencies and NGOs to be involved in development work. In doing this it  supports and monitors community development programmes and HIV & AIDS Awareness and Care programmes. Every year, EFICOR supports 20 – 40 partner organisations in community development and HIV & AIDS programmes. It has 31 active members and more than 200 organisations who have been benefited by various programmes.



A Motivational training held at Delhi

Awareness

EFICOR has been involved in sensitising  and building  capacities  of  communities to address the issue of HIV & AIDS. It conducts programmes (seminars, conferences and workshops for the Churches and mission agencies) and produces IEC (Information, Education and Communication) materials to provide and enhance awareness level of the Churches and wider communities in regional languages. It has also motivated  churches to observe AIDS Sunday in the churches to bring in awareness and to promote care to the People Living with HIV & AIDS (PLHAs).

Care and support for HIV & AIDS infected and affected

 

Through the  Home Based Care (HBC) programme  care is being provided to  the PLHAs and their families. EFICOR builds the capacity of the caregivers raised from the churches.

Psychosocial counselling

The emotional needs of the HIV infected and affected family and individuals are being met  by the outreach workers, counsellors, and other staff during their periodical visits. Families, HIV Positive People (HPP)  and children are being  counselled to develop positive attitude towards life.

Nutritive support

A HIV affected woman provided with nutritive support, Chirala,  AP (left)

EFICOR  provides nutritive support  to people who are infected and to affected members of the family.   Medical assistance like ART and medicines are provided for opportunistic infections if they do not have access to the government  free service.

Income generation programmes

EFICOR helps People living with HIV & AIDS (PLHAs)  by training them and providing them with small grants in alternate income generation skills.

 

ART and access to government centres

EFICOR facilitates and advocate for a responsive government and political structures at local level for better service provision to HIV positive people and their families in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand states.

A HPP being  treated at a government centre

Educational support to the children

EFICOR provides nutritional and educational support for the children who are either infected or affected by HIV.

 

Educational support provided to HIV infected and affected children at a partner project in Vellore, Tamil Nadu