“It is not the years in your life that count, it is the life in your years”
-Abraham Lincon.

There is no second opinion that HIV/AIDS is the most catastrophic epidemic the society has ever seen which attacks the body’s immune system, destroying cells that fight against infections which at final stage causing damages and vulnerable to opportunistic infections. The Myths and Misconceptions concerning HIV/AIDS despite enough education to public especially with regard to those infected and affected with the said crucial virus accompanied by societal stigma result indiscrimination of these deprived groups to the denial of access to health care, education, training, Employment, Insurance& public facilities leading to fundamental civil rights violations.

PACHE TRUST, basically a health development grassroots level organization mainly concentrating on prevention control of HIV/AIDS among Female Sex Workers,Transgenders,Truckers etc. cannot remain as a mere spectator when those HIV/AIDS infected persons especially women &children are subjected to abuse, neglect, Isolation,Tease, exploitation and are struggling to meet out life challenges towards leading a true &dignified human life. With the generous support, help& cooperation of
“Enfants Du Monde”,Belgium based on true understanding of the Children’s problem & needs PACHE TRUST has begun to enter into action from reflection and the years are rolling by yet the support still continues benefitting the HIV/AIDS children especially rural poor girl children &their families. The whole hearted financial &material support of individual well-wishers, Philanthropists needs to be specially mentioned with sincere appreciation as they donate from their hard-earned money with a spirit of love, sacrifice good will.

EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, TREATMENT AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT:

It is not mere money and educational and other materials being offered to children looking for help to come up in life with hope, Courage,Confidence &Self-determination but a sense of caring & loving which ultimately helps these socially ostracized families especially children with major focus on deprived girl children with HIV positive status to meet out educational both academic, technical courses, avail health care services, treatments, nutrition and training needs.  In Melur and Chellampatty block altogether around 156 children are benefitting under the service schemes of Enfants Du Monde, Belgium

FAMILY GET TOGETHER/DIALOGUE MEETINGS

With a view to promote group bond, strengthen the loving relationship, sprit of oneness,Caring, Sharing, learning periodical family get together/dialogue meetings are organized during which the children are being taught as how “Enfants Du Monde mobilizes resources for the betterment of these children”. Children and their families are very much expressing their thankfulness for the timely help&Support. The young girls share their school and college life as well as technical training experiences.

PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERISM& LIFE MORAL & ETHICAL VALUES:

These things are accorded top priority in our services and the beneficiaries contribute their mite in successfully organizingmeetings, trainings &important festival celebration like Diwali, Christmas, New year &Pongal. They contact local sponsors to provide nutrition content lunch &snacks for the participants.

DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF COVID -19: HIV AND COVID-19 INFECTIONS:

Even though the COVID-19 health phenomenon has badly affected worldwide causing significant increased rates of morbidity&mortality, ICU admissions people already with HIV positive status have to be more careful.Hence through individual contacts, family visits these children & their families were educated with symptoms, proper &adequate health care measures, side effects, vaccination follow up services etc.,

Children even though schools were closed, they were attending online classes. Lack of mobile phones, connectivity problems tec., posed a new threat for their trying to adopt to this new method of learning.

Early child marriages, Children going for available menial jobs were found to be quite common due to family economic conditions &parents were very much tense &anxiety, fearing of death they wanted to get their girl children married. In fact, it was kind of forced marriage. PACHE TRUST took efforts to counsel &guide them. Under one pretext or the other especially citing social cultural norms, food insecuritychildren were subjected to violation of child protection &human rights.

Now we slowly educate the parents to realize how it affects the children’s learning opportunities in life.

THIRD WAVE: (Omicron)

 We are undergoing traumatic experiences with the speedy spread of COVID-19 third wave virus in the new form of virus, Omicron and the Tamilnadu State is caught between the situation of announcing certain lock down activities and the people’s general expectation to release certain things as it affects their daily livelihood. We are insisting people to get vaccinated.Our service is continued with the growing limitations and setbacks as we cannot escape from our social & Health responsibilities.

OUR SINCERE THANKS AND APPEAL:

Despite economic burden, the well-wishers, philanthropists,individuals offer their support to their lovable children here in our project area, we are highly thankful for their generous support. While we wish and pray that God almighty showers His abundant blessings upon each and every one & their family, we earnestly seek your continued support for these helpless and hapless children and their families in the coming years too.

This project focuses the children in the rural areas and is being implemented since 2001 with the aim of “helping female children in their education and the other basic requirements”. The Children Sponsorship Programme has been further divided into four sub-programmes of which three programmes are being currently implemented.

The first programme of the Children Sponsorship Programme covers the children affected by AIDS in the Melur and Kottampatti blocks of Madurai District. These areas are also parallelly covered through our other projects including thematic intervention and HIV/ AIDS care and support.

The second programme covers Girl Children to Prevent Female Infanticide in Chellampatti and Vadipatti blocks of Madurai District. The identification process for this programme has been of long term. A team of project staff has been involved in identifying families where there is high risk of female infanticide. These families are then convinced to bring up the girl child with the support of our sponsorship programme. This programme includes counselling mothers and providing support to meet food, education and other requirements of children.

The third programme covers the girl children of working women through Creche run by PACHE Trust in Vikkiramangalam of Chellampatti Block and Vadipatti block. The programme supports children of mothers who work in agricultural farms and find it difficult to bring up their children. These children are given motherly care with utmost attention and are provided with milk and other nutritional supplements.

The process of identifying Orphan and Vulnerable Children is in progress in Chellampatti, Melur, Kottampatti and Vadipatti blocks. The focus would be to provide guidance and ensure safe living conditions for the children, to provide support to extended families thereby ensuring care and support to the orphan and vulnerable children. To provide nutrition, education and vocational training support to children in addition to the regular psychosocial support.