Education
Educating Poor Children:
Added to the above mentioned activities, we educate poor children especially girls. The children of widows and of forest people have little chance to be educated in remotest areas. We pick them up and educate them. We are conducting classes under trees as we have no well built structures for this purpose. The number of these children is increasing day by day. So our burden is also increasing. In addition to these, there are so many children of AIDS patients in our list for education. When parents are affected with AIDS, children are discarded by them. So we are concentrating on their education too.
Added to the above mentioned activities, we educate poor children especially girls. The children of widows and of forest people have little chance to be educated in remotest areas. We pick them up and educate them. We are conducting classes under trees as we have no well built structures for this purpose. The number of these children is increasing day by day. So our burden is also increasing. In addition to these, there are so many children of AIDS patients in our list for education. When parents are affected with AIDS, children are discarded by them. So we are concentrating on their education too.
Medical Support
Free Medical Camps
As the monsoon season slowly spreads across the state of Andhra Pradesh, during this transition period there is a high possibility that spread of seasonal diseases like malaria, dengue and other viral fevers take over the tribal villages which lie out of the reach of any medical assistance offered by the Government. Allan Rich Ministries Welfare Society Voluntary Organization conducts a free medical camp on... every month in Tribal Villages of Andhra Pradesh. These villages were not in the reach of any medical facilities like 104 by Government as there are no connecting roads from the main Panchayath to reach these villages. Our volunteers and the doctor who volunteered himself for this medical camp has to walk about 8KM to reach to this place. By this accomplishment we became the first organization that conducted medical camp in these villages.
Observations:
Many people in these areas were suffering from various diseases that need continual medical support. As the government hospital is too far, villagers neglect the initial symptoms and then these diseases become severe.*We observed that people here lack awareness on water born diseases, which is one of the main reasons for various health issues in these areas.
*We came to know that recently two children and four Women died at age of 7 & 30 years because often Diarrhea. Young children here are habituated to smoking and even consume alcohol at the age of below 15 years.*The other issue that needs awareness among the people is about AIDS. *Based on the above information it is felt that health awareness programs andcontinual medical camps are very much required in these areas.
Observations:
Many people in these areas were suffering from various diseases that need continual medical support. As the government hospital is too far, villagers neglect the initial symptoms and then these diseases become severe.*We observed that people here lack awareness on water born diseases, which is one of the main reasons for various health issues in these areas.
*We came to know that recently two children and four Women died at age of 7 & 30 years because often Diarrhea. Young children here are habituated to smoking and even consume alcohol at the age of below 15 years.*The other issue that needs awareness among the people is about AIDS. *Based on the above information it is felt that health awareness programs andcontinual medical camps are very much required in these areas.
HIV / AIDS Mission
Free Support to AIDS Victims
Mission
The mission of ARM Welfare Society is to improve the lives of people struggling with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, especially children and women. We provide cost-effective relief, services, medical and social support, education and advocacy to help these victims achieve their full life potential.
Vision
Our vision is to reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS and lessen the death cases among the people living with HIV/AIDS in India. We envision a world in which the human rights and dignity of people living with HIV/AIDS and those affected by the disease are fully realized and in which laws and policies facilitate HIV prevention, care, treatment and support.
Aim
Our Aim is to reduce the spread of HIV and meet the challenges of AIDS. We are committed to preventing HIV infection, facilitating access to treatment, care and support and lessening the impact of AIDS.
Objectives
The mission of ARM Welfare Society is to improve the lives of people struggling with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, especially children and women. We provide cost-effective relief, services, medical and social support, education and advocacy to help these victims achieve their full life potential.
Vision
Our vision is to reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS and lessen the death cases among the people living with HIV/AIDS in India. We envision a world in which the human rights and dignity of people living with HIV/AIDS and those affected by the disease are fully realized and in which laws and policies facilitate HIV prevention, care, treatment and support.
Aim
Our Aim is to reduce the spread of HIV and meet the challenges of AIDS. We are committed to preventing HIV infection, facilitating access to treatment, care and support and lessening the impact of AIDS.
Objectives
- To reduce the morbidity and mortality of the PLHAs is the main objective of this project.
- To offer stigma free voluntary counseling and testing for HIV patients and their families.
- To help PLHAs in antiretroviral (ARV) drugs from Govt & monitor them in drug adherence.
- To support orphans and vulnerable children infected and affected with HIV by all means.
- To offer quality treatment for Opportunistic Infections (OIs), it helps CD4 cell growth in HIV+ lives.
- The centrality of human rights in the response to HIV and AIDS;
- A focus on the rights of marginalized populations;
- Ensuring the meaningful participation of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS in our work and in defining and implementing policies and programs;
- Ensuring the meaningful engagement of both francophones and anglophones in our work and the accessibility of our work on domestic issues is accessible in both of Indian languages
- A commitment to action and activism for human rights;
- Accountability to the communities we serve and to donors, including transparent reporting and effective use of resources;
- A commitment to global responsibility and engagement; and
- A commitment to excellence in all areas of our work.
Vocational Training in Tailoring for unemployed rural poor women.
To mitigate poverty through employment generation we conduct a tailoring training unit . Each year 11 to 15 women were trained. Many of the trained women are now running own tailoring units and others are working in tailoring centres for salary. Their socio economic conditions have improved substantially. Since they are in our working area we are still monitoring their activities.
We are mainly Helping to the HIV / AIDS infected or affected Women
We are mainly Helping to the HIV / AIDS infected or affected Women
Drug Awareness, Counseling and Assistance
Through this programme we motivated the drug/alcohol users to refrain from drugs through awareness, couselling and follow up assistance. We conducted this programme throughout Vizianagaram and srikakulam Districts. We covered a population of over 25OO drug addicts and referred them for treatment.
Plastic Awareness & Environmental Contribution:
The District Collector of East Godavari District was called for a ban on plastics and invited the NGOs to participate in it. ARMWS coordinated the whole event and made an alternative bags distribution campaign on the second day of the call. We could able to promote 15,000 bags on the same day. We are still active in our campaign and found that 80% of the plastic usage got reduced in our district.
ARMWS is concerned about the environment and continuously giving awareness on environment to the schools and general public by awareness programmes. We visit schools at our vicinity and explain the significance of the environment. Especially we give saplings after the awareness programmes at school. We focus on the youngsters for they are the future generation responsible to carry this message. So far we have visited 10 schools and given over 5,000 saplings to the school children.
ARMWS is concerned about the environment and continuously giving awareness on environment to the schools and general public by awareness programmes. We visit schools at our vicinity and explain the significance of the environment. Especially we give saplings after the awareness programmes at school. We focus on the youngsters for they are the future generation responsible to carry this message. So far we have visited 10 schools and given over 5,000 saplings to the school children.
Global Warming:
Global Warming: In response to the Copenhagen Meet on Global Warming, we have organized awareness programmes on Global Warming in district level. We have also conducted rallies and for students we have organized competition on the subject. Many students participated and the roles and responsibilities of students were the theme for the competition.