Activities and Achievements: Phase I & II
(November 2006-September 2007)
I. Quantitative Achievements:
A. Training Programs:
S.No |
Category |
Number of Workshops |
Place/s |
Number of Participants |
1 |
CBOs and Positive Networks |
9 |
Chennai, Madurai and Kakinada (AP) |
305 |
2 |
Self Help Group women |
20 |
Chennai, Karur and Kakinada (AP) |
732 |
3 |
RRC Members |
2 |
Chennai and Karur |
36 |
4 |
USG Partners Implementing HIV/AIDS Programs (UPIP) |
1 |
Chennai |
28 |
5 |
TN HIV/AIDS District Program Managers |
1 |
Yercaud |
24 |
6 |
Journalists |
1 |
Karur |
24 |
7 |
Staff from SACS, UPIP, WHO, and other M&E experts - Good practices in situational assessment of MSM and transgenders |
1 |
Chennai |
40 |
8 |
TANSACS DPMs - Orientation to DPMs in 30 districts of TN |
1 |
Chennai |
30 |
9 |
TANSACS supported NGOs and positive - Use of data in documentation networks |
1 |
Chennai |
44 |
10 |
NGOs implementing PMTCT programs -Documentation |
1 |
Hyderabad, AP |
16
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B. Targets Reached:
Program Area/ Indicators |
Cumulative reach in the Reporting Period |
% Target Achieved |
Number of local organizations provided technical assistance for SI / M&E activities |
68 |
136 |
Number of individuals trained in SI (M&E, surveillance, and/or HMIS) |
161 |
107 |
Number of local organizations provided with technical assistance for HIV-related policy development |
33 |
110 |
Number of individuals trained in to provide assistance on policy development |
92 |
102 |
Number of local organizations provided with technical assistance for HIV-related institutional capacity building |
93 |
124 |
Number of individuals provided with technical assistance for HIV-related institutional capacity building |
265 |
133 |
Number of individuals trained in HIV-related stigma and discrimination reduction |
402
|
112
|
Number of individuals trained in community mobilization for HIV-related prevention, care, and/or treatment |
390
|
130
|
II. Qualitative Achievements:
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Directories developed - Capacity-building directory of agencies and consultants - IR1
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SAMARTH Website developed - IR4
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Good practice documents - Delhi Demo Projects (brochures), Aastha and Impact, Industry champions - IR2
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Capacity-building toolkit for documentation (online: saathii.pbwiki.com) - IR4
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Draft training manuals for SHGs - IR1
Feedback from Participants
CBOs
“Training program was very simple, informative and intelligible. I appreciate the organizers for taking the sessions in Tamil”.
“We liked the way the facilitators explained the sessions and the workshop was very useful to us”.
- SHGs
“The workshop on HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination was very useful and I will definitely share the information with other members in my group and with my friends”.
“We got lot of awareness on HIV/AIDS and we learnt about how we can prevent ourselves from getting infected with HIV”.
DPMs
“The resource persons answered all queries and [I liked] the way they had conducted the sessions”.
III. List of Modules Developed:
A. Modules developed for CBOs and Positive Networks:
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Documentation: Essential features of documentation, reporting, minuting meetings, agenda preparation and documentation needs for situational assessment
Institutional Capacity Building: Interpersonal communication, leadership and project development Strategic Information: Documentation and dissemination of case studies, developing evidence-based proposals HIV/AIDS Policies: Overview of policies on HIV overview of policies and laws on sexuality, developing sensitization strategies for policy development
B. Modules developed for SHGs:
Overcoming HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination: Basic information about HIV/AIDS, myths and misconceptions that lead to stigma, care and support of PLHIV, and presentation by woman living with HIV/AIDS on stigma and discrimination towards PLHIV Community Mobilization: Importance of prevention, counseling and testing, and treatment, roles of SHGs in prevention, counseling & testing and treatment, places where counseling, testing, and treatment are provided in Karur, and referrals and linkages
C. Modules developed for RRC members:
HIV related Stigma and Discrimination: HIV/AIDS basic aspects, STIs and stigma and discrimination
D. Modules developed for UPIP:
Documentation of HIV/AIDS Programs: Documentation basics, documentation of good practices and case studies, strategic information, concept note development, writing technical papers and abstracts, incorporating graphs and tables in reports, making effective presentations, and techniques of dissemination
E. Modules developed for HIV/AIDS District Program Managers (DPMs):
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Interpersonal communication
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Documentation and report writing
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NACO – ART facility guidelines
- NACO – OVC policy framework & OVC care – field experiences
- Responding to the impact of HIV/AIDS on children (global lessons on macro-programming)
- NACO – ICTC guidelines
- Leadership
- Team-building
- Principles of HIV prevention and care & experience sharing of care and support programs
- Developing evidence-based project proposals
- Mobilizing communities and resources through networking
F. Modules developed for Journalists:
Media coverage of HIV/AIDS: How to use information strategically for prevention, awareness and reducing stigma
Success Stories:
One of the CBOs that participated in our proposal writing workshop further sought our technical assistance in developing a renewal proposal for MSM interventions in Pondicherry that they were submitting to APAC-VHS, a USAID partner. Their proposal has since been renewed. Based on the year 1 experiences of SAATHII-SAMARTH, the Project Director of Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society requested SAATHII to develop and conduct a three- day workshop for positive networks and community based organizations on proposing projects for running community care centers and targeted interventions. |
Activities and Achievements: Phase III
(October 2007 – September 2008)
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