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Uday Sonawane at the drop-in-centre of Humsafar Trust in Vakola, Mumbai. He is HIV+ and works as a counselor motivating positive people to access treatment. Uday has been trained as a research investigator and recently completed a research project that studies the level of stigma and discrimination faced by HIV+ men who have sex with men and trans-sexuals in India. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka Men at the drop-in-center of Humsafar Trust in Vakola – a safe space for men who have sex with men and trans-sexuals. The center organizes community events, counseling, nutrition programs and mental health support for people living with HIV/AIDS. Here they are collecting their daily count of condoms that they will distribute to targeted populations at various sites. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka Nikhil Jogdan, an outreach worker with Humsafar Trust giving HIV/AIDS and safe sex practice information to a client outside Santa Cruz Station, one of the active cruising points for men having sex with men. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka
Laxmi with her husband outside her hut in a slum area in Mumbai. The couple and their nine-year-old son are HIV+. Both are unskilled migrant workers from Andhra Pradesh and work at a construction site. Laxmi has been a beneficiary of Nirman, an NGO that works with migrant workers to enhance awareness on STD and AIDS and strives to bring about behavioral change. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka Arumugam (left) and Shanu, migrant workers from Tamil Nadu, in a “Pongal” house at Dharavi, Mumbai. Nirman works with migrant workers to enhance awareness on STD and AIDS and strives to bring about behavioral change. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka Truck drivers watching a demonstration on the correct use of condoms by a representative from Nirman, an NGO that works with migrant workers to enhance awareness on STD and AIDS and strives to bring about behavioral change. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka
Sheetal counseling a woman at the drop-in-center run by the Salvation Army. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka Children of commercial sex workers at Ankur, a center that provides children with support services and strives to reduce their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. Ankur works in Kamathipura, the red light area in Central Mumbai. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka Suman, who lost her mother to AIDS, at Ashray, a temporary crisis center. It was set up by Committed Communities Development Trust in 1995 as a safety net to respond to the special needs of orphans and vulnerable children. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka
Sushma is optimistic about her future ever since she started working as an outreach worker with Udaan, an organization run by and for People Living with HIV/AIDS. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka Cooperation is key: That seems to be the motto of these staff members of Udaan, an organization run by and for People Living with HIV/AIDS. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka Usha, an HIV+ widow who works as a counselor with Udaan. She is seen making a home visit and counseling another HIV+ widow. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka
Peer educator Asma, a sex worker, being tested at the voluntary counseling and testing center. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka An outreach worker with Marathwada Grameen Vikas Sanstha disseminating information to the general public on issues related to HIV/AIDS and safe sex practices. Multiple methods are used to reinforce the message for behavioral change. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka Peer educators and commercial sex workers play the “Handa Ball Game”, which has proved to be one of the effective ways to disseminate knowledge on STD and HIV/AIDS and reinforce behavioral change messages. Photo Credit: Anita Khemka


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