Community Voluntary Counselling and Confidentiality Testing Centre (CVCCTC)

Many people with STDs avoid seeking treatment in government hospitals because they face  discrimination, and miss out on SIAAP's HIV/AIDS/STD counselling services. In 2004, the first Community Voluntary Counselling and Confidentiality Testing Centre (CVCCTC) was opened in Alundhur, Tamil Nadu.

Brings counselling services to villages instead

Provides HIV testing and counselling for community members by community members

Modelled for replication through every district in Tamil Nadu and India

Selvi Memorial Illam Society (SMIS)

Caring for HIV/AIDS patients is costly in that it frequently involves long travel, food/lodging expenses, and lost wages. This often leads to patients and their attendants sleeping in the streets, railway stations, and other unsanitary, unsafe environments.

The SMIS provides an affordable, clean, welcoming place to stay for PLWHA and their attendants who come to the Government General Hospital of Thoracic Medicine at Sanitorium, Chennai for treatment. SMIS provides:

Affordable lodging and food, Rs. 60/day ($1.33 USD)

HIV/AIDS-related counselling

10-minute walk from hospital

Friendly, supportive, safe environment

Designed for replication throughout Tamil Nadu and India

Anbukarankal ("Loving Hands") Positive Women's Support Group

A network of HIV-positive women in Namakkal, which has one of the highest HIV sero-positivity rates in Tamil Nadu.

Refer community members to HIV/AIDS-related services, testing/counselling/care

Advocate for the rights of HIV-positive women

Creating a Positive Living Fund (PLF)

The Positive Living Fund raises individual contributions to defray the cost of HIV/AIDS treatment for those who cannot afford it. In 2004, the fund proposes to support at least 50 positive people and raise Rs. 40 lakhs ($100,000 USD).