Job Description

Donors Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)

BACKGROUND

Principal Recipient (PR) and Project Profile: PLAN INDIA envisions universal access to rights,

health, legal and social services for communities marginalized on account HIV or TB status, gender

and/or sexuality by strengthening the capacities of individuals and organizations working on HIV

prevention, care, support and treatment, and sexual and reproductive health interventions in India

through dissemination, networking, operations research, advocacy, training and other technical

assistance services. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) has

entrusted PR with the responsibility of enhancing access to social protection services for the key

populations in selected states in the country under the India Country Coordinating

Mechanism (ICCM)’s COVID19 Response Mechanism grant. The implementation period of the grant

is 1

st December 2023 to 31st March 2024

Sub Recipient (SR) Profile:

The Humsafar Trust?founded in April 1994, is India’s first community-based organization (CBO) of

self-identified homosexual men, MSM, Hijras and LBT persons. The HIV interventions of HST are

supported by National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and Mumbai District AIDS Control

Society (MDACS) to provide health services to Men who have sex with men (MSM) and Transgender

communities every year through Public Health Care delivery systems and its in-house clinics. HST

organises advocacy workshops for health care provides, law enforcement agencies, judiciary,

legislators, politicians and political parties, Government bodies, media, student community to sensitise

them on Gay, MSM and TG issues. HST also provides legal support, crisis management, mental health

and nutrition counselling to its communities.

The Humsafar Trust has been awarded a Global Fund Project as a sub-recipient to?build a strong,

sustainable, and resilient mechanism to address the needs of the key population through a community

response.?The proposed project focuses on creating an enabling environment by addressing structural

barriers including stigma and discrimination that affect access to HIV related services and social

entitlements. The project would be implemented in hard-to-reach areas and would target the unreached

population. Through this project, we also aim to provide access to HIV related services, and social

protection services and link them with skill development opportunities to unreached FSW, MSM, and

TG populations?through a people-centered, community-specific HIV-SRH service delivery model in

the intervention districts. ?

Sub-Sub-Recipient (SSR) Profile:

Mitra Shringar Samiti, a Community Based Organization registered in 2007 in Indore, India. It

focuses on empowering sexual minority communities in the country and advocates for discrimination

against these communities. Additionally, the organization is involved in preventing HIV and AIDS,

conducting research on the target group in India, and innovating sources and resources. The Vihaan

Project in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh and the currently approved TI project on MSM (Men who

have Sex with Men) in Indore are specific initiatives undertaken by the organization with support from

MPSACS (Madhya Pradesh State AIDS Control Society).

Build and empower communities to build pathways for enhanced access to social protection and greater social accountability.

Address mental health issues and link with services to mitigate impact.

Establish, strengthen and sustain community-led collectives, CBOs, and community networks (informal and formal).

Reduce/address human-rights-related barriers hindering community response to HIV services.

SEND YOUR RESUME-

MITRASHRINGAARSAMITI@GMAIL.COM

CONTACT NO. 9827737440

Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Eligibility Criteria

Not Specified

Desired Candidate Profile

Graduation - Graduate-Other

Organization Details

• Organization Name:Mitra Shringaar Samiti
• About Organization:A non-governmental organization (NGO) is basically an organization which is operated by legal people who act independently from any government. There are around 40,000 NGOs operating all over the world. NGOs are meant to solve various issues related to human cause. Indore has an array of NGOs in the city to help people of the city and other near by cities in case of various issues. The city also has NGOs specifically meant for women issues and Child labour issues. The list includes
  
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