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Malarkal #updates from Aug 2020

SIAAPINDIA team continues to provide psycho social support through phone and facilitate discussions with parents, on their current family situation, issues with online education, and about their livelihood. People share that our calls provide a great sense of support, that they feel heard & connected, despite the physical distance. We facilitated discussions with Parents Advisory […]

Reintegration – Home visits

Children of the Government Children’s Home for Boys, Ranipet district who were sent to their parents/ guardians were provided tele-counselling support by SIAAPINDIA during the lockdown. Some children with behavioural issues like substance abuse and truancy from home required face-to-face counseling. The reintegration officers along with the social workers of the District Child Protection Unit, […]

Global Fund Response to Key Population Groups Worldwide

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share below the Global Fund response to the petition published and shared with the Board Leadership and Board Members in July 2020. Kind regards, Sent on behalf of the Board Chair and Vice-Chair Global Fund Response to Key Population Groups Worldwide The Global Fund takes note of the call […]

Malarkal #weekly updates (27th Jul – 1st Aug)

We continue to provide psychosocial support over phone and reached 11 adolescents and their families during the week. Post relaxations of the lockdown, the chief issue faced by most families in the locality is their inability to pay rent and lead their lives under the threat to be evicted from the house. Out of our […]

Sex Workers Against Traffickers

SIAAPINDIA and Vadamalar, join the National Network of Sex Workers to reinstate that sex workers are against traffickers and trafficking, and that we are all together in the war to combat trafficking. #SexWorkersAgainstTraffickers #SexWorkersCombatTrafficking #2020WorldDayAgainstTrafficking

Global Fund Response to Key Population Groups Worldwide (6th Aug 2020)

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share below the Global Fund response to the petition published and shared with the Board Leadership and Board Members in July 2020. Kind regards, Sent on behalf of the Board Chair and Vice-Chair Global Fund Response to Key Population Groups Worldwide The Global Fund takes note of the call […]

Family strengthening to enable reintegration

Family strengthening services is one of the key ongoing activities of the Reintegration programme aiming to demonstrate a replicable model of reintegration of children in institutional care back to their families. Improving the economic status of parents/ guardians of the institutionalized children (of a government children’s home in Ranipet) is taken into serious consideration. We […]

Capacity building of Community Counsellors

During lock down, SIAAPINDIA provided refresher training for community counsellors (sex workers) to reach out to more women who were depressed due to loss of livelihood and income, and anxiety related to COVID 19. Most women who undergo counselling share that they felt heard and supported. All counsellors have a routine to call women, introduce […]

Resource Directory

SIAAPINDIA has compiled local resources information, including the contact details of District Collectorate, PA to Collector, Rotary club, Lions club, local politicians, advocates, for easy and quick reference for women to approach people to seek support. One woman in Theni had approached a local politician for ration support for women without ration cards. He has […]