On 23 October 2020, at 11.30 am, Alliance India, together with URI, Parmath Niketan and UNOICT is launching the Training Module for sensitising Faith-Based Communities on Health and Rights-Based Approach […]Read More
BlogHuman Rights Day 2020: Recover Better – Stand Up for Human Rights
allianceindiaThis year’s Human Rights Day focuses on the devastating fallout of COVID-19 pandemic on the marginalised groups, children, and women and the need to “build back better by ensuring human rights are […]Read More
Blog“Female Sex Partners of People Who Inject Drugs” can be the game changers for India’s HIV Response
allianceindiaIn many parts of Asia, the HIV epidemic is concentrated amongst the male members of the people who inject drugs (PWID) community, and their female sexual partners (FSP) who may […]Read More
BlogResponding to Gender-Based Violence and Intimate Partner Violence amongst Female Sex Partners of People Who Inject Drugs
allianceindiaWomen, marginalized because of drug use, HIV and gender inequalities are amongst the most affected due to the health and social consequences of COVID-19. The impact is even more severe […]Read More
BlogCOVID-19 crisis intensifies stigma for people living with HIV
allianceindiaDuring regular meetings with Vihaan programme team, the outreach workers shared many instances of stigma and discrimination faced by people living with HIV when they were provided assistance by Vihaan […]Read More
BlogWhen a gas stove can heal and bring food to the table
allianceindiaVarsha Joshi, an outreach worker received a list of people who have missed their antiretroviral (ART) treatment to provide follow up care and support services. In the list was a […]Read More
BlogHelping in the betterment of a family
allianceindiaRakesh (name changed) is a six years old boy living in Surendranagar (Gujarat), with his grandfather who is 70 years old and is unable to carry out any physical activity. […]Read More
BlogLearning to celebrate effeminacy
allianceindiaMy name is Rohan Mathews and I am the Clinic Manager for the Samarth programme of Alliance India in Bangalore. I identify myself as a gender-fluid, pansexual person. I have […]Read More
BlogThe hero in us
allianceindiaBhikhabhai Raval is differently-abled person due to childhood polio, now 40 years old, he is living with HIV. For the past six years, he has been working as an Outreach […]Read More
BlogRecovery from drugs and finding my family again
allianceindiaMy name is Rajkumar Singh and I live in Dehradun with my wife and two children. I used to be dependent on drugs. I started taking drugs from the age […]Read More
BlogLaunching the #Faith4HarmReduction PSA– Commemorating the Global Day of Action and the Support Don’t Punish Campaign in times of COVID-19
allianceindiaIn India, it is estimated that there are about 8,50,000 people who inject drugs (PWID) as per the study “Magnitude of Substance Use in India” commissioned by the Ministry of […]Read More
BlogEmergencies demand more dedicated efforts
allianceindiaMy name is Dipak Chakraborty and I am one of the field mobilizers of the Samarth project presently operational in Hooghly as well as Howrah districts of West Bengal. I […]Read More
BlogCOVID-19 exists and cyclone hasn’t stopped us
allianceindia“The more we get together, the happier we’ll be”- Nirupama (name changed) learned this in school while she was 12 years old. Today after 10 years she could actually realize […]Read More
BlogHoping for a better life
allianceindiaI am Kanchan Devi, 35 year old married woman living with HIV. I live in the Hajipur district of Bihar. My husband is a driver by profession and we are […]Read More
BlogWe will reach you…
allianceindia“Hurry up Saraswati! It is almost 1 o’clock. If we cannot reach there within an hour we might get stuck in rain”, Joytikona shouted. Saraswati rode her bike as fast […]Read More
BlogPeople who use drugs – Somewhere between lockdown and unlockdown
allianceindia“People who use drugs and lock-ups” are more often than not discussed in conjunction in most parts of the world. This has little to do with the COVID-19 pandemic ‘per […]Read More
Blog, UncategorizedFeelings of a community representative during the COVID-19 induced lockdown
allianceindiaIt was all of a sudden when we came to know on 23rd March 2020 that from next the morning- “You can’t go out, you can’t have access to public […]Read More
BlogFrom Opioid Dependent to being Atmanirbhar (Self- Reliant) – An Inspiring Story Of Women Who Use Drugs in Kapurthala
allianceindiaAmeena (name changed) is a 34 year old woman who is the sole earning member of her family. She has three young children and works as a daily wage worker […]Read More
BlogChanging HIV to “Human Intelligence Victory”
allianceindiaAllapuzha District Network of People Living with HIV (ADNP+) is a community-based organization working for the wellbeing of People Living with HIV/AIDS. Girija is working as Project Coordinator with Vihaan […]Read More
BlogBetween a Rock and a Hard Place
allianceindiaDear Paramjit, It has taken me a few days to put my thoughts together and write to you. I apologize for the delay in communicating. It’s just that sometimes, you […]Read More
BlogInternational Sex Workers’ Day – 2020
allianceindiaOn 2 June 1975, approximately 100 sex workers occupied Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France, to express their anger about their criminalized and exploitative living conditions. On 10 June at 5 […]Read More
BlogWorking in the COVID-19 response call centre: Experience of a Vihaan field worker
allianceindiaAshok is working as Project Coordinator in Vihaan Care and Support Centre in Bijapur (Karnataka). He has completed his masters in social work in 2010 and from the last 10 […]Read More
BlogYUVA: The power to change
allianceindiaThe Network of Maharashtra People with HIV (NMP+) is a partner of Alliance India’s Vihaan Programme since 2013. NMP+ had established a youth forum, YUVA, in 2016 for youth and […]Read More
BlogAlliance India’s COVID-19 Response: Ensuring essential gender-sensitive harm reduction services for women who use drugs in Manipur
allianceindiaAccording to the World Drug Report 2019, globally, some 35 million people, up from an earlier estimate of 30.5 million reported in 2016, are affected by drug use disorders and […]Read More
BlogWomen in Sex Work – The community at the heart of Alliance India’s COVID-19 Response
allianceindiaThe term “marginalized” refers to a person, group, or concept treated as insignificant or peripheral. What is typically marginalized groups like women in sex work, LGBTQ groups, people living with […]Read More
BlogInitiating ‘Buddy Group’ system for efficiency in serving people on antiretroviral treatment
allianceindiaAs the saying goes, a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world. Alliance India’s Vihaan programme has been engaging community volunteers for additional support during the […]Read More
BlogLife of a harm reduction field worker in the times of COVID-19
allianceindiaMy name is Jayanta Kumar Singh. I have been working for the health and human rights of people who use drugs for the past 18 years. Currently, I am part […]Read More
Blog“Where there’s a will, there’s a way”
allianceindiaThe country is presently going through the most unexpected challenge ever posed to humanity, and to compound matters, a countrywide lockdown has been announced to ensure social distancing in an […]Read More
Blog‘Not a tomboy or not a lesbian but a transman’
allianceindiaMy preferred name is Shyam Ghosh. I identify myself as a 33 years old transman and today I want to share with you, my journey of transition from Shampa to […]Read More
BlogProvision of harm reduction service in the lockup of a police station
allianceindiaI am Kishorchand (Bungo), the state coordinator for the Drug User Forum of Manipur supported through the Harm Reduction programme of Alliance India. On the evening of 1st May 2020, […]Read More
Blog, ReportLeaving no stone unturned to deliver urgent relief for transgender and hijra communities
allianceindiaIn their hour of need, the transgender and hijra communities in and around Noida, Uttar Pradesh received urgent relief measures and encouragement from our local partner, Basera Samajik Sansthan, a […]Read More
Blog“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change”-Wave of change
allianceindiaDue to COVID-19 pandemic, the entire nation has been under lockdown since 23 March 2020. As per the government guidelines, both at the center and state level, citizens were asked […]Read More
BlogIn India’s Chennai, a Community of People Who Use Drugs are Scripting an Inspiring Story during Lockdown
allianceindiaAlmost half of Tamil Nadu’s total COVID-19 cases are from the state capital Chennai alone, which is also the most populous district of the state’s 37 districts. The state government […]Read More
BlogAlliance India Reopens Today
allianceindiaAlliance India announces the opening of its offices today with all precautions in place. We are proud to stand in solidarity with the thousands of field workers and partners across […]Read More
Blog, UncategorizedAlliance India’s harm reduction programme ensures the welfare of women who use drugs registered with our programme in Kapurthala, Punjab
allianceindiaThe women-centric harm reduction site at the Kapurthala Civil Hospital, Punjab since the start of the lockdown had initiated the implementation of take-home doses of Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) to […]Read More
Blog, UncategorizedThey keep the wheels turning
allianceindiaMeet Our Outreach Workers At The Forefront of COVID-19 Response Shahid, an outreach worker in Kutchh district of Gujarat went door-to-door delivering antiretroviral (ART) drugs to 196 people living with […]Read More
BlogA new mother living with HIV receives life-saving medication
allianceindiaSeema (name changed) recently gave birth to a healthy baby boy, a rare moment of joy for the family. The family is reeling under the lockdown as their financial condition […]Read More
BlogBreaking the chain of sexual oppression in the times of COVID-19
allianceindiaRohan Mathews works as Clinic Manager for the Samarth programme of Alliance India in Bangalore. He identifies himself as a gender-fluid, pansexual person. He has been working with Samarth since […]Read More
Blog, UncategorizedEnsuring health, nutrition and justice for marginalised women and girls in the COVID-19 response
allianceindiaIn India out of the 8, 50,000 people who inject drugs (PWID), more than 80% of them were found to be sexually active with their female sex partners (FSP). Of […]Read More
BlogAlliance India’s COVID-19 Response: Ensuring HIV services for the key population during the lockdown period
allianceindiaRecently, Alliance India’s Samarth programme responded to an urgent situation and saved a person from a tragic fate. Samarth is a community-led programme on HIV screening and treatment linkage for […]Read More
BlogAlliance India’s COVID-19 Response: Ensuring essential services for the people who use drugs
allianceindiaIn the first week of April, Alliance India convened a virtual meeting involving public health experts from Delhi (AIIMS) and Punjab (Mental Health Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) […]Read More
BlogWe must feed our own communities during the lockdown
allianceindiaCommunity participation key to fighting pandemic: WHO expert, Times of India, 17th April, 2020 Dipika Thakur is a transgender activist residing in the North-West district of Delhi. She works with […]Read More
BlogA friend in need is a friend indeed
allianceindiaOften, we hear a lot of negative stories of police in print, electronic and social media, especially during this lockdown period. At times, however, they are extremely supportive. These champions […]Read More
BlogSave lives, no matter the circumstances!
allianceindiaIn Mizoram (a state in northeastern India), drug use has gone up to alarming levels. The recent study, “Assessment of standards of care in services for people who use drugs […]Read More
BlogCharity begins at home but shouldn’t end there!
allianceindiaGuddu aka Aarti who turned 25 this year lost her mother during her early years after which her father had remarried. There are seven members in her family. Aarti is […]Read More
Blog, UncategorizedAlliance India: Emerging Challenges of COVID-19 and Community Action
allianceindiaOn 24th March, the Government of India directed a national lockdown for 21 days in a bid to contain the novel coronavirus. The unprecedented situation has left the poor and […]Read More
Blog, UncategorizedInternational Transgender Day of Visibility: Visibility Matters!
allianceindia31st March is observed as ‘International Trans Remembrance Day’ across the globe to voice transgender issues, salute transgender leaderships and engage in policy reforms towards creating an enabling environment. In […]Read More
Blog, UncategorizedAn Exercise in Health Advocacy: Training on Health Budget
allianceindiaThe Health Financing and Budget Planning Meeting was organized by the India Working Group for Health Advocacy (IWG) in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada on 13th February 2020 […]Read More
BlogWorld TB Day 2020
allianceindiaOn the eve of World TB day, March 24th, many will remember the spring of 2020 as the time that COVID-19 became a pandemic. The virus spread from a few […]Read More
BlogBreaking barriers and building new ceilings: Reflections on gender roles & societal norms
allianceindiaBinary gender identity has been the basis for social construct in society since the time immemorial defining gender roles and expectations from both sexes in society such as men are […]Read More
BlogMy Experience of Surviving TB Twice
allianceindiaHealth is a precious commodity. In good health, we feel like we could conquer the world and in illness, we feel like a pile of laundry. Going through a prolonged […]Read More
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