About
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Headquarters
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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Since
1993
The YR Gaitonde Medical, Educational, and Research Foundation (1985), an internationally recognized non-profit in Chennai pioneers HIV prevention, car Read moree and research through the YRG Center for AIDS Research and Education (YRGCARE). The Foundation’s livelihood initiative ‘ECO Kitchen’ addresses economic stability within families affected by social and economic challenges. Dr Suniti Solomon, the founder, and her team at Madras Medical College documented the first evidence of HIV in India (1986). YRGCARE’s expertise includes HIV clinical care for over 21,000 patients living with HIV, prevention services, a NABL-accredited laboratory, medical and counselling training, and clinical, laboratory and behavioural research. Services: HIV, sexuality, treatment education; anonymous testing for HIV/STI; healthcare and support; matrimonial services; reproductive health; pediatric care and therapeutic recreation camps for children with HIV; and clinics for MSM and IDUs. ECO Kitchen’s Project ECO (Enhancing Community Opportunities) has four components. Kathir: innovative food retail micro-entrepreneurship supporting disadvantaged women and their families; Kathir Dhan: responds to hunger and malnutrition, building bridges between those in need and those who wish to help; Out-of-the-Box: serves personalized corporate pantries and private catering events, employs women as food service agents; Endrum Punnagai: helps children at schools (Corporation of Chennai) to enhance health, self-confidence and interpersonal communication.
Demographies Served
Cause Area
Programs
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Project ACCELERATE
DistrictYRGCARE's "ACCELERATE" initiative aims to offer Technical Assistance (TA) to the HIV/AIDS programmes at the national, state, and district levels in India. This is being done under PEPFAR directives, with support from USAID and partnership with NACO. With a general emphasis on vulnerable populations and High-Risk groups, Project ACCELERATE helps NACO fill in programming gaps. The programme implements OVC activities in all 33 PEPFAR cluster districts in India, which are spread across the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram. It focuses on the entire HIV cascade in high-burden PEPFAR cluster districts in the states of Maharashtra (Thane, Pune) and Telangana (Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar, Nalgonda).
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Camp Rainbow
For kids living with HIV and other chronic illnesses, YRGCARE has partnered with SeriousFun Children's Network to create Camp Rainbow. It is a psychosocial intervention that is given via camp, offering CLHIV and their families a special chance to take part in camp activities and HIV education. They are intended to focus on serious fun while also improving the campers' adherence to treatment, medication, and nutrition to enhance their quality of life—all at no cost. Our camps are often hospital-based programmes, day camps, residential camps, and camps for children with HIV and cancer who are receiving in-patient care along with their families.
Leadership Team
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A.K Ganesh
Chief Program Officer
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Demographics & Structure
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No. of Employees
100+
M&E
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Internal, External Assessors
No
Policies
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Ethics and Transparency Policies
No
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Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy
No
Political & Religious Declarations
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On Affiliation if any
No
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On Deployment Bias if any
No
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AAATY0313N
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Registration ID
190/1985
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VO ID / Darpan ID
TN/2013/0058561
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12A
AAATY0313NE20214
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FCRA
075900530
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CSR Registration Number
Not Available
Location
Other Details
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Type & Sub Type
Non-profit
Trust