Keep a Child Alive

Our Day with RNP+

It’s been a busy week for us in India and we are excited to share with you more about our journey. We are glad to finally have the Internet access to update you now!

The second organization we visited in Jaipur was RNP+, the Rajasthan Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS. RNP+ is an organization that aims to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS in Rajasthan, to provide a sense of belongingness among them and their families for full and active participation in society, as well as reduce further HIV transmission. Their HIV work in India is a model of excellence, at the core of which is driven by passion, dedication and love.

[caption id=”attachment_2258” align=”alignleft” width=”300” caption=”Brijesh welcomes Leigh to RNP+”][/caption]Leading this incredible team of people is Brijesh. There is a beautiful depth to the RNP+ team, whom, very much like KCA, operate as a family connected by the urgency of our work and the love for the people we serve.

KCA is going to begin working with RNP+ to support an orphan care home for HIV+ children in Jalore, and a care home for abandoned women living with HIV in Jaipur. The orphan care home in Jalore is already home to 30 HIV+ children, and with KCA’s support, RNP+ is going to expand the care home to provide for many more children in need in the area.

For the women’s care home, RNP+ intends to begin renting a building across the street from their offices in Jaipur, so the RNP+ team can help manage the facility in its early stages. The building will soon become home to 25 vulnerable women, who have been abandoned by their families because they are HIV positive. The safe-house will foster an environment where they will be safe and supported, have access to the medical treatment and care that they need, as well as educational opportunities and programs that will help them build skills they can use to sustain their daily lives.

[caption id=”attachment_2259” align=”alignright” width=”300” caption=”KCA & RNP+”][/caption]Our friends from the American India Foundation joined us at the RNP+ office to meet the team and learn more about their work. What followed were discussions on the plethora of issues surrounding HIV/AIDS in India, and informative PowerPoint presentations on how RNP+ was addressing them. We ended the day fully inspired by RNP+’s efforts, and looking forward to visiting the children in the Jalore care home.

You can help KCA support RNP+ right now. Give $5 Text “ALIVE” to 90999.

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