News and Events

Balasahyoga Program Focuses on Families

MARCH 2009 — Through the FHI/India Balasahyoga program, families like that of Sunkari Parvathi can get access to a range of programs and services, including housing assistance, school materials for children, support groups, and income generating activities.

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FHI-Supported Demonstration Projects Focus on Vulnerable Children and Youth

FEBRUARY 2008 — The SAMARTH Project, begun in 2006, builds on FHI work begun with four projects that started in 2002. The projects now serve as national model sites. Recent visits to three of them took a look at activities focusing on adolescents — read more at CHELSEA WAG, Salaam Baalak Trust, and the YWCA.

FHI Leads Consortium Offering Family-focused Approach to Helping Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in India

JUNE 2008 — FHI is leading a pioneering five-year, US$14 million project to support children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Andhra Pradesh, India. The Balasahyoga program ("active support to the child" in Hindi) is expanding comprehensive, integrated HIV care, support and treatment services in all of the state's 23 districts. Meet one family who has new hope for the future thanks to the program.

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AIDS Awareness Event Attracts Thousands, Promotes HIV Prevention

MARCH 2007 – In the largest such event in India, an estimated 15,000 sex workers attended a ceremony in Mumbai Jan. 10 honoring their commitment to HIV prevention. The event featured Indian movie stars, singers, former "Indian Idol" winners and U.S. actor Richard Gere. Gere, who presented awards to sex workers, led the audience in a chant of "No condom, no sex. No condom, no sex."

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Health Worker Mobilizes Indian Community to Seek Treatment and Support

JANUARY 2007 — Safe Journey provided services to more than 86,000 migrant workers and their families from 2002–2006. It is a good example of how strong local capacity building and program ownership can help establish a sustainable model for providing HIV prevention, care and support services. Learn how one young HIV-positive woman helped herself and her community through Safe Journey.

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 Pediatric AIDS Initiative Launched

DECEMBER 2006 — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton helped launch India's first pediatric AIDS initiative at a ceremony Nov. 30. The Clinton Foundation will provide children with life-long ART, nutrition supplements and psychosocial support. Five children referred by Women's Action Group CHELSEA (a NGOsupported by USAID through FHI that provides care and support to 450 orphans and vulnerable children in Delhi) are among the first of 10,000 youngsters expected to benefit.

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FHI-Supported Projects Recognized on World AIDS Day

DECEMBER 2006 — The National AIDS Control Organization and UNAIDS presented 39 NGOs in India with the Civil Society Award for their innovative work in HIV prevention, care and support. The recipients included four projects supported by USAID through FHI.

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Indian NGOs Commemorate World AIDS Day

DECEMBER 2006 — A 5,000-person rally to advocate for access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS and a "medical camp" to introduce Nepali migrants to prevention, care and treatment services are just two of the noteworthy ways that five FHI-supported NGOs in India commemorated World AIDS Day, December 1.

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Kathleen Kay Discusses FHI/India's HIV/AIDS Efforts

JUNE 2006 —  FHI and its partners are working to avert a major HIV/AIDS epidemic in India. In this video, former country director Kathleen Kay explains some of the efforts underway.

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U.S. First Lady Laura Bush Visits HIV/AIDS Project Sites

MARCH 2006 — U.S. First Lady Laura Bush visited two HIV/AIDS prevention and care sites in Andhra Pradesh this month. The sites are operated by NGOs Nrityanjali Academy and Freedom Foundation through a USAID-funded and FHI-supported initiative.

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