Help at hand for HIV child

Help at hand for HIV child -

Three organisations from Manipur, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, working in the field of HIV/AIDS, have come forward to take care of the four-year-old HIV-positive girl who was abandoned by her family members after her parents died of AIDS in Assam’s Nalbari district. Calcutta-based NGO, Organization For Friends, Energies and Resources, today contacted the Assam State AIDS Control Society, offering to take care of the child. A similar offer was made by a care home registered with the Manipur State AIDS Control Society. Hyderabad-based NGO Desire Society contacted The Telegraph today and expressed their desire to take care of the child. Hem Chandra Barman, the joint director (care, support and treatment) of Assam State AIDS Control Society, said, “The two organisations contacted us, expressing their willingness to take care of the girl and provide all the facilities needed for her treatment and care. Both the organisations work for children with HIV/AIDS. We are discussing the offers and are likely to decide tomorrow.” Neelima Atal Mohanty, an official of Desire Society, said in an email to this correspondent that their director had agreed to “provide care to the child” at their centre, which already takes care of 50 children suffering from HIV/AIDS, and sought more information about her. At present, doctors and members of several NGOs are taking care of the child who is lodged at the community care centre of Bharukha Public Welfare Trust, an NGO located in the city’s Beharbari area.