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A caring hand for Ashok
It was on the occasion of the World AIDS Day, that Operation Bless
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 In the year 2003 India is reported to have had around 5.1 million children and adults having HIV/AIDS. (Source- UNAIDS 2004 Report Operation Blessing India conducts special HIV screening tests during the medical outreaches especially in the slum areas. Those who are tested HIV positive are then counseled and referred to professional care. Special awareness programmes are conducted through street- and skits to help educate people on how to prevent HIV/AIDS. People are also educated on how to take care of HIV patients during the awareness programme. OBI has a rehabilitation project in Yadgirigutta for women from the sex trade and their families, which is situated about 70 Kms away from Hyderabad. The Sewing Center, with the help of a local pastor, trains the women to have alternate employment and help them come out of the precarious claws of the sex trade. Many men and women affected by HIV/AIDS have found a reason to live since they were touched by OBI's efforts. OBI's mobile laboratory facility enables the people in the remotest areas to undergo tests crucial to the accurate diagnosis of their problem. OBI also partners with Nireekshana, an NGO dedicated to work with HIV positive patients by giving them free medicines and counseling on regular basis. There is an enormous need for more centers through which OBI can provide care and counseling.  |
on the Global AIDS Epidemic)HOW YOU CAN HELP
Be a part of Operation Blessing India's humanitarian efforts to reach out with the love of christ and a message of hope to the needy ones by making an on-line donation today. With your support, OB India can continue to bring medical care, water, education and emergency food to those of our brethern.*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Operation Blessing India Health care treated 47,58,610 people in 11,606 camps, from the beginning providing for General, Eye and Dental treatment. 1,72,694 Eye glasses were given to the needy people. 18754 Cataract surgeries done. From the beginning till now Operation Blessing India performed 650 cleft lip/cleft palate surgeries in India. *50,974 people were treated.
Every month 1401 above HIV positive patients were given free medicines and counseling. Also, the malnourished were provided with Nutritional kits and supplements. OBI is helping *2043 children of the lower socio-economic sections in *17 Vidya Jyothi Centers, *4 Orphan Homes, *1 Day Care Ceneter. Through the Back to School Programme, no of kids send to school 1976. From 1999 OBI Wheel Chair project 790 Wheel chairs have been distributed among those who are needy. till September 2011
One village at a time, the ‘Living Waters Project’ of Operation Blessing India has drilled 6,251 bore wells all across India benefiting more than 20,73,720 people till October 2011.