Social Activities Integration (SAI)

1. AWARNESS PROJECT - Street plays, slide shows, Magic shows, pamphlet distribution, poster exhibitions being conducted all over the country. More than 3000 shows already conducted for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and to eliminate stigma and discrimination to take healthy care of PLHA and their children.

2. DIDI PROJECT-(sister project- Peer Model)- for 5000 sex workers in brothel of South Mumbai. The health educational program for sex workers and their children for HIV/AIDS prevention and control with providing free condom distribution. This project is based on the peer educator (DIDI-sister). SAI has developed brother –sister relationship with Sex Workers in Mumbai. This project is by the DIDI and for the DIDI. Since they belong to the same community, they are well aware of the needs and grievances of the community. Since they are HIV positive they can relate to the needs of the project which they have begun with guidance of the institute. They are motivated and trained at SAI to help and spread the prevention strategies for HIV infection.

3. FREE MOBILE & STATIC CLINIC FOR SEX WORKERS & THEIR CHILDREN- SAI provides Free medical treatment, Voluntary counseling testing (VCT) for HIV/AIDS, Care and support centre for poor sex workers and their children through this Mobile Clinic. Their most important role is in the project, they have a tough task of getting the other Sex Workers to the mobile clinic for services like HIV testing, counseling and free ART & TB treatment in Public Hospitals and providing medicines of BHC/ UTI/STI/SKIN infections in Mobile Clinic. They also play a major role in letting the sex worker community know that there are NGOs like SAI who are always going to be on their side and help them in possible way.

4. DROP IN CENTRE - For Poor People living with HIV/AIDS. A fully equipped support and care support for People Living With HIV/AIDS- PLHA with their family members are taking advantage of this project. It was started by only 7 PLHA. In a nut shell they were inspired by an event which took place where the Peers working at SAI took out a protest march to get medical facilities from public hospitals. This gave them a vision to have their own clinic where all medical facilities and other psychological support would be provided free of cost. There is monthly meeting conducted aimed at providing a platform to discuss their problem and provide solutions to them. Regular briefing on nutrition, healthy life styles and emotional support are provided here.

5. Aastha/ Project - HIV prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases for 2200 floating sex workers. Recruited as staff and peer staff and trained in tackling the problem of STI among sex workers. This project had been successfully being implemented. The peer staff had become expert counselors due to self-motivation and image building. They worked in late evening hours targeting the floating sex worker population. They worked in 8 floating areas of the region of Mumbai. They had successfully completed the project and was amalgamated in the HIV/AIDs prevention program with Mumbai District AIDS Control Society (MDACS).

6. PPTCT- Prevention of Parent to Child transmission -)- Prevention of HIV in newborn of HIV infected mothers by strategic intervention of drugs and support programme. 10 widows living with HIV/AIDS and other PLHAs were part of this project. SAI has prevented 310 children from getting HIV infection from their HIV infected pregnant mothers since 2006 to 2015. It was funded by Mumbai District AIDS Control Society & National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)

7.Community Care Center(CCC) for Poor People Living with HIV/AIDS in Thane District. Played a critical role in providing treatment, care and support to people living with HIV/AIDS ((PLHA) in Thane district Under NACP-III this Centre was attached to 4 ART Centre’s and ensured that 5000 PLHA were provided Comprehensive Care & Support.

8.Mobile Integrated HIV, STIs Counseling and testing Centre in Thane district -- This mobile ICTC/STI clinic was providing 'services-on-wheels' to the High risk group which included, Female sex workers, migrants, MSM,IDU in collaboration with other 15 NGOs working with 22500 High risk population in Thane District., who were not particularly inclined to visit the static ICTCs.

9. PEDIATRIC AIDS INITIATIVE (PAI) - PAI project was giving support and care to 50 Children Living With HIV/AIDS (CLHA).
The treatment for CLHAs for opportunistic infections and anti retroviral therapy was given by NACO (National AIDS control organization)
SAI’s role in this project was:
Diagnosis of HIV infection in infants and children.
Enumeration of CD4 count in children
Pre – ART care, counseling and support for those who don’t qualify for ART
Counseling and support for those who require ART.
Psycho-social support.
Nutritional support.
Traveling and logistical help for the children

10. Sanman project is HIV/AIDS preventive program for homosexual and the transgender community. The sexually minority is largely discriminated and half of this community vulnerable for HIV. This community has formed its own support group and indulges in activities like awareness and free distribution of condoms. We have about 3000 registered under this project. The peers trained in this project are highly motivated for their cause.

11. MISSION EDUCATION- This project provide place to children of sex workers in governmental/ Non-governmental schools. We are taking concrete measures to strengthen their existent studies. A review of their school performances and necessary steps are taken to improve them. Regular parent-teacher meetings are conducted to ensure confidence in the education system and also will make the parents aware of the benefits of being literate. All the necessary aid like school fees, books, clothes and snacks are provided by SAI. Till date 315 children learnt in this project.

12. HAMARA PARIWAR - This project provide school support programme for children of people living with HIV/AIDS. Most of the children here belong to the PLHA who do not send their children to school as they cannot afford the fees. We take care of all the needs of these children and make the parents as well as the children for the need of education and the support which their parents would need when they grow up to become responsible adults.

13. TRAINING CELL IN HIV/AIDS - Continuous medical education is given on HIV/Aids to medical and paramedical staff and students of the major and minor medical institutes, NGOs and other colleges. We had conducted sessions in which there is an intensive interaction between the audience and the PLHA. These sessions had played a major role in breaking the ice between PLHA and the audience. Here the trainees got to knew the problems of the PLHA and become emphatic towards them. Doctors attending the training program had also said that they were also discriminating these PLHA and now understand the plight of them. They have pledged that they would treat these PLHA as normal patients and with greater respect. (project is over) 600 Medical and paramedical attended this program.

14. Cancer Aid cell- Started in 2013 predominately providing financial, nutritional, psychosocial support to cancer infected kids of poor families and providing equipment to their parents such as sewing machine to generate income. Till now 319 kids are supported. Support extended to this project by our fundraising activities.

Under this project we had providing Care & Support to 25000 PLHA registered in main 5 Public ART Centers at Viz. J.J. , Nair , KEM Hospitals, Gourabai Hospital, Sewari MCGM Hospital and BPT Hospital In this project the said people were Personally contacted by our Outreach workers, counselor and doing the awareness task and motivating them for ICTC Tests. ART, periodical check-up in the Public Hospitals also bringing back those clients who have discontinued the ART from the Public Hospitals. In addition to this the project was also providing the assistance to these people in getting the benefits of the Govt .Schemes for them.
The specific objectives of Vihaan include:
1. Early linkages of PLHA to Care ,Support and treatment services
2. Improved treatment adherence and education for PLHA
3. Expanded positive prevention activities
4. Improved social protection and wellbeing of PLHA
5. Strengthened community & reduced stigma and discrimination.

16. HEPATITS B PROJECT ( PAHEL PROJECT) - In the project we had provided the free health care services to the poor female sex workers, pregnant women , women in child bearing age, their family members and residing in A,B,C,D & E wards of Mumbai for the prevention and treatment of Hepatitis B. Our Out Reach Workers are personally contacted them and educated them about the awareness of the disease and referring them for the necessary test in the Public Hospitals. After the testing those women who are found as Negative are vaccinated and Positive women were given the required treatment in the Public Hospitals. 569 women had registered with us and they are under our active follow-up.

17. PROJECT OF MANUFACTURING OF ECO-FREINDLY WOODEN STOVE- We had manufactured wood fuel stoves. We had designed an ecofriendly Wood fuel stove which is generating bare minimum smoke and emission. By using this stove we can protect the actual users mainly women in India from the diseases like Cough, TB, Eye –disorder, throat infections etc. we have proposed to market these stoves in the Rural sector and Tribal areas at the moderate and affordable rates to this poor community and protect their health and environment as well. Our generous funding partner viz. C E D-Finland have provided us PEMS Machinery ( U S A Made) free of cost for the Emission testing of these stoves. We have conducted 4 market survey for these stoves in the Rural and Tribal areas of Thane and Palghar Districts nearby to Mumbai and found that the said stove is very much appreciated by the Rural a

18. Sahet Project- We the Social Activities Integration ( SAI ) Mumbai has Organized SEHAT Project for the vaccination Of Hepatitis – B to High Risk population in various parts of Mumbai & Thane Districts. At the outset we have conducted various meeting in the different 8 main areas of High Population of Mumbai & thane Districts & we have done the awareness drive for the Hepatitis B amongst them. Afterward we have selected the Outreach Workers from the community. With the help of these ORWs we have identified the eligible clients from the said community up to 1842.
There were 3 doses of vaccinations. 1ST dose was given to the client with conducting his/her Blood Test.. The 1st Dose has started in the Month Of May 2019 and concluded with 3rd dose in the month of Dec -2019
We have vaccinated 1842 clients from different areas of Mumbai and Thane districts. We have found 34 clients as Hepatitis B positive. In the month of December 2019.

19. Educational Tour to New Delhi of 76 Tribal Children from Palghar _ Maharashtra and Poshina Sabarkantha district- Gujrat. We had conducted 2 educational trip of 76 tribal students to achieve the aim, objective and vision to provide the opportunity to these students to actually visit and experience the historical and prominent monuments and places to enrich their knowledge , inspire and motivate them to develop their personality and transform their life in better manner in ensuing time. Also the visit of these students will set the milestone and ideals for other such backward community students to get encouraged and come out successful in the academic career meritoriously and secure such opportunity in their life too in future to elevate profoundly.

20. Safety Mobile Phone App for the floating Sex Workers- During 2017-18 we had successfully completed this project entrusted to us by Social Center X of Finland. We had provided this facility to 500 such beneficiaries.