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Goal
Internal and External Mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS within CWS and among
its partner organizations and constituents through various
development and livelihood programs.
Objectives
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Raise awareness of HIV/AIDS impact
within CWS and implement workplace policy on HIV/AIDS (Internal
Mainstreaming)
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Raise awareness of HIV/AIDS impact on
livelihood and development programs of CWS (External Mainstreaming
among partners and constituents)
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Assist the partner organization
towards mainstreaming HIV/AIDS
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Help in debunking people’s
assumptions on HIV/AIDS
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Adhering to the CWS Workplace policy
on HIV/AIDS
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Dissemination of information on CWS
workplace policy to staff and CWS partners
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Empowering the partners to develop
their own workplace policy
In Collaboration with APSACS
As a first step CWS in collaboration with APSACS organized a one
time training program on HIV/AIDS preventive education.
Master Training (ToTs) to Core Resource Persons (CRPs)
The ToT was given by APSACS to 196 staff members of 56 NGOs from 19
districts of A.P. The details are as follows.
A
5-day intensive training on Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS concerns was
given. 196 staff members including 110 women were trained from 56
organizations belonging to 19 districts of AP.
Resource persons with expertise and adequate knowledge from APSACS
trained the CRPs. The participants were provided with training
kit/bag consisting of TOT manual, flipbook, pocket book, reading
material on HIV/AIDS.
Identification and Training to Village Resource Persons (VRPs)
After CRP training, the partner organizations and CRPs have
identified 5828 VRPs covering 121 Mandals from 3180 villages and 21
slums in 19 districts. The VRPs also have shown keen interest in
getting trained educate respective communities on HIV/AIDS concerns.
Sensitizing Communities
The trained VRPs were expected to sensitize 300 members each on
HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention education. Men VRPs were expected
to cover youth and men and women VRPs were expected to cover the
women and adolescent girls.
On the whole 5828 VRPs have trained 17,63,109 community members
comprising 45.6% women, 15.7% adolescent girls and 6,81,907
men/youth 38.7%. These communities were from SHGs, watershed
committees, forest protection committees, youth groups, farmers
groups, Panchayati Raj Institutions, adolescent girls groups, etc.
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