Welcome to the South India AIDS Action Programme (Siaap) website. It brings me great pleasure to introduce the new, updated website that will reflect and articulate all of Siaap's efforts to prevent people from getting HIV or from dying of AIDS.

When we started working in 1988, our mission was simple: getting information and resources to people in India to protect themselves from an HIV infection; and treating affected people with respect and care. This commitment led us down unfamiliar and sometimes uncomfortable paths. As individuals and communities, we have had to confront our sexual norms and practices, our traditional views about women and men, and our unequal access to health and livelihood opportunities.

Fifteen years later, Siaap's commitment to these issues, in the context of the AIDS epidemic, remains unchanged. We take pride in setting up model projects that have helped check the growth of HIV in Tamil Nadu, a leader state in the country. It is my personal mission to foster progressive, affordable, and effective policies and initiatives in areas where we may not have the access, but we do have the will.

If this is your first time discovering Siaap, I hope you will enjoy learning about who we are, what we do, and where we act. If you are familiar with our work, I would like to personally thank you for your continued belief and support in Siaap. Your encouragement has brought us to where we are today.                                                

                                                                                         Shyamala Nataraj                                                                       

Shyamala Nataraj
Chairperson, Siaap