Programs...Asia...India

Hover mouse over the "Notes" link.      Click "Link" to access photo library on Flickr.      Click the arrow to run a Slideshow. Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer Medical Clinic & Home for HIV+ Children, Mumbai A Good Shepherd Homes program, this Medical Clinic has a capacity of 50 beds where injured, malnourished and sick young people are treated. This program also provides a Home for 25 HIV+ children. Many children in Mumbai with HIV/AIDS are orphaned and cannot access any medical/practical help. Around 500,000 people sleep daily on Mumbai’s streets, 110,000 of these are children. Many of these are homeless and fall prey to pedophiles, viruses, infections and injuries. Scores of emergencies go without any medical help and consequently large numbers of children die prematurely. Many children with HIV/AIDS are rejected by hospitals as well as family due to fear and the stigma attached to AIDS. Consequently these children end up abandoned on the city streets. A full-time team of 35 staff are presently working with 130 disadvantaged children in the Mumbai-Pune area. The team that operates the Medical project network with other NGOs in Mumbai to help ex-patients acquire vocational skills in order to find employment and permanent housing. This enables many immediate medical needs to be met, but also young people without accommodation find the means to make a new start in life. Furthermore, many children with HIV+/AIDS get the treatment they so richly deserve. Good Shepherd Homes, Nasik Nasik, famous for its vineyards and temples which attract visitors from all over India, has a growing street children’s population. The city is situated about 200 miles east of Mumbai. The ambitious Nasik project, opened June 2009, is now one of the premier child facilities in the area. The project was executed with the aid of substantial grants from CRY and Christian Cause, London. The facility is currently operating at full capacity of 48 children and 12 staff. The Home contains spacious play areas, six bathrooms, offices, staff and guest quarters and a surrounding garden. Some of the pictures above are of children available for sponsorship through our Sponsorship Program.