OUR PROGRAMS
CURRENT PROGRAMS
ADOLESCENT RESILIENCE BUILDING PROGRAMME
Samraksha has started an resilience building programme for vulnerable adolescent children from HIV affected households in Koppal district. This programme comprises a range of interventions - health support, academic support, ongoing counseling and mentoring as well as life skills. The purpose is to build a one to one relationship with each child, seek to understand the child's aspirations and help achieve them. Samraksha is working with 150 adolescents through this programme.
HIV CARE AND SUPPORT
Anti-retroviral treatment is now freely available within the public health system and has become the cornerstone of the HIV Continuum of Care. But there are still some gaps within this continuum and Samraksha works with the health system to bridge these gaps. Samraksha offers psychosocial interventions across the continuum. It is running two care and support centres- one each in Koppal and Karwar, in Karnataka. These centres provide treatment education, adherence support and life stage counselling, as well as referrals and linkages to other programs and services for social support. Over 8000 clients are currently registered with these services.