SUMMARIES OF HASAB's PROJECTS

1. Continuum of Care and Support to HIV Affected & Infected & (Click for detais)
This project is a continuation of HASAB's counseling effort with a comprehensive strategy for improving the health status of HIV infected and affected. Major Strategies are raising HIV/AIDS awareness of target population and stakeholders; creation of enabling environment through advocacy, voluntary counseling & testing; nutritional support; treatment for Opportunistic infection & STI, halfway home & recreational education and rehabilitation support through vocational training & involvement in employment & income generating activities.


2. HIV/AIDS Continuing Education & Communication (HACEC)
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Being a specialized & unique organization on HIV/AIDS HASAB has been continuing its capacity building effort through this "HIV/AIDS Continuing Education & Communication program". People from different sectors like, Staff & other people from NGOs, civil society, and government and non-government organizations from any parts of Bangladesh as well as from any country of the region are the target population of this program. Through this core component HASAB intends to create an innovative and continuous learning environment for the human being on HIV/AIDS and other relevant fields through organizational sustainability by capitalization of its current human, financial and material resources.

3. HIV/AIDS PREVENTION PROJECT (HAPP) for internal migrants & (Click for detais)
HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (HAPP) for Internal Migrants is a project of Bangladesh Government where UNICEF has been selected for management of the project. The goal of the project is to prevention of HIV/AIDS among the internal migrants to minimize the risk, spread & impact of HIV/AIDS and other STIs. Purpose is that the majority of internal migrants would be equipped with necessary knowledge and skill to protect themselves from the risk and spread and consequences of HIV/AIDS. The focus populations for this project is poor class of internal migrants like, bus/truck drivers & helpers, rickshaw/van/push cart pullers, boatmen/sailors, dock laborers, garment workers, and fish processing workers, who are not under coverage of HIV/AIDS prevention program by other agencies. Due to the lower socio-economic status, long detachment from families, lack of social support & coping up capacity internal migrants are not only vulnerable to HIV/AIDS but also bridge the infection from high risk groups to general population, so, prevention of HIV/AIDS among the internal migrants is very important. Strategies like, Community Service Center (CSC) and outreach approach with a package service of peer education, STI Syndromic Management, Counseling, HIV/AIDS Advocacy and networking has been followed in this project for 140,000 internal migrants in 30 districts of said three divisions and the project has been implemented through a partnership of three NGOs under the leadership of HASAB.

4. PROMOTING RIGHTS OF THE EXTREME SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE, (PRESEP) & (Click for detais)
Promoting Rights of Extreme Socially Excluded People (PRESEP)’ project aims in contributing to the realization of human rights and dignity of life for selected marginalized communities like Female Commercial Sex Workers of the brothel, hotel and street, Transgender/hijras, Ex-Injecting Drug Users (IDUs), Male having Sex with Male (MSM) and People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLHA). They are stigmatized and discriminated for their psychosexual behavior and activities, which has got social disapproval in Bangladesh. This project works in partnership with already formed self-help groups (SHGs) and with parent organization where readily made SHG of the mentioned population is not found; the parent organization however, would proactively form a SHG with the technical support and facilitation of PRESEP, HASAB. In fact, this project encourages promotion of human rights, mainstreaming marginalized groups by forming/promoting strategic allies’ for enabling environment, providing awareness for reduction of stigma associated with HIV/AIDS amongst the vulnerable group. Special emphasis has been given to ensure access to civic amenities and Capacity building of the SHGs in terms of technical, managerial, communication, negotiation at different levels, decision making and analytical skill development so that the population/groups can make voices heard and come up demanding their rights.

5. GFATM Project on HIV/AIDS Prevention among Young People in Bangladesh & (Click for detais)
GFATM is a collaborative project of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) and Save the Children, USA on HIV and AIDS prevention program for youth and adolescents in Bangladesh. The objectives of HASAB implementation package 902 is to provide of HIV/AIDS Orientation, Training and Services to the young people via Life Skills Education, Youth Friendly Health Services and Accessing Condom for Youth. In piloting phase the project worked to design and implemented Life Skills Education program in four division with 20 youth organizations by developing 40 Master trainers, 260 peer educators and oriented 10,000 youths on LSE, develop message for 10-14 years for secondary school curriculum, sensitize gatekeepers and policy maker to support programs, established Youth Friendly Health Services in 24 health facilities in Bangladesh, conduct study research in strengthening condom marketing strategies in respect of culturally sensitive ways.

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