1) Provide monthly rations to two children living with AIDS, 2) Help a HIV child with monthly groceries

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Project aims at an all-round development

of children infected (HIV+ve)/affected (HIV-ve, with

HIV+ve parents) by HIV/AIDS and addresses physical,

mental and health issues, arising out of starvation and also

several other social problems related to HIV/AIDS. These

beneficiaries primarily face problem of severe starvation

and malnourishment due to challenged socio-economic

background. Project Rays of Hope (RoH) aims to reduce

‘food insecurity’ in the beneficiaries.

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The RoH team also finalized 10 parameters to find out the physical, economical, familial and social conditionof a beneficiary. (eg. both parents infected but alive and are working and child not infected is a tolerable condition, where as an orphan, infected child, looked after by a foster family is a highly critical condition) There are 140 children registered in the project. Each child is labelled as in

Highly critical condition: +++

Less critical condition: ++

Tolerable condition: +

Depending upon these parameters, the team structured

the grocery package which is more effective nutrition

wise and with less wastage.

By providing monthly groceries and nutritional supplements, starvation among children has reduced, health has improved thereby absentism in school has reduced. Children become qualified for higher education/vocational training and are better prepared to become financially independent.