Community based HIV/AIDS Care and Support programme PWDS (CBCS)

The community based HIV/AIDS care and support programme, started in 1999, also believes in community mobilisation and organisation. Support groups with different membership criteria are promoted and strengthened as part of the programme. The project mission is to work for an enabling, sustainable, supportive environment towards community based care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, children affected by HIV/AIDS, and families affected by AIDS in Tamil Nadu.

The PWDS - Alliance care and support project provides the following services, through partner organizations, to people affected by and living with HIV/AIDS: Psychosocial support, health care services, voluntary Counselling and testing (VCT), food and nutritional support, economic support, emergency relief, direct services to children affected by AIDS, and capacity building activities.

This project, supported by Abbott Laboratories and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, works with 18 NGOs in Tamil Nadu across 9 districts. The services reach 28,843 people living with HIV/AIDS and many thousand of families and children affected by HIV/AIDS. The capacity building programmes and sensitisation programmes have reached thousands of people like teachers, doctors, religious leaders, paramedical staff, local leaders and volunteers.

PWDS – CBCS Project