THE NGO
AIDS Awareness Group (AAG) is a voluntary organisation (NGO), which was registered in 1994 under the Societies Registration Act (1860). Our registration Number is S / 25682 / 94. We are registered u/s 12 of the Income Tax Act and have exemption under Section 80 G of the Act since May 1995 for all donations received by AAG. We are also registered under FCRA vide Registration No. 231650972 in 1999, to cover foreign contributions.
MISSION
Our "Mission" is to contribute towards minimising human suffering in the fields of health, STIs / AIDS, domestic violence, through awareness programmes, treatment and referrals and counselling to facilitate generation of options for crisis resolution. We also deal with issues of human rights violations through advocacy and free legal aid.
 Our main thought / effort behind our Goals is to fulfil our mission of contributing towards minimising human suffering, especially where health is concerned. To achieve this, we endeavour to pay more attention to health facilities for vulnerable population. We concentrate mainly on HIV/AIDS & STIs awareness programmes so that this epidemic can be controlled and the incidence of HIV infections is minimised.
We pay special attention to the syndromic treatment of STIs because it is not always possible to take the clients for laboratory tests. If a person is infected with STIs, he / she is at greater risk of getting infected with HIV.
OBJECTIVES OF AAG
- Creating awareness about HIV / AIDS / STIs (sexually transmitted Infections) in the jails, red light areas, slums, universities, colleges, schools, etc.
- Providing counselling for people infected and / or affected by HIV / AIDS.
- To produce IEC (information, education, communication) material on HIV/AIDS and STIs, Sex and Sexuality and allied topics.
- To observe, (discretely) if the human rights of prisoners are being violated, and take appropriate action to inform the concerned authority confidentially.
- Helping victims of domestic violence and other disadvantaged persons referred to us, and providing legal aid.
- To take up advocacy work on issues of social injustices, unfair policies and discriminatory law enforcement, in collaboration with like minded NGO groups, and lawyers.
 We enhance awareness among the people by holding:
- Awareness sessions and street plays inside Tihar Jail
- Street corner meetings with potential clients on GB Road
- Having periodic street plays on HIV / AIDS so that as many people as possible learn through a non-invasive method.
- By training peer group educators at Jawaharlal Nehru University, as well as being available at a counselling centre in the Health Centre itself. At the health centre, the students come to ask questions in complete privacy. They learn how to take care of themselves, either by taking appropriate decisions for behaviour change, or through using prophylactic measures.
|
