CPM forced to close HIV project in Kerela.

[Guest guest]

Dear friends,

And now it is with an NGO working with sex workers in Kerela.

The silence from NACO is deafening. How can people working in this field feel

secure if the National Body does not take a stand in support of the work it

expects from NGOs. Even if individuals in NACO say that they are with the NGOs

verbally, they need to take a stand for any of our work to be encouraged.

Is this an indicator of how effective our AIDS Control programme Is? Do

people in high position really feel comfortable with themselves? Tomorrow it

wouldn't surprise me if a State AIDS Control Society is booked for indecent

depiction of women through its safe sex literature. And this is no laughing

matter.

I thank all those who have spoken up and continue to help our cause by asking

for justice and 'an enabling environment' (which is the catch phrase of

interventions supported by SACS).

In solidarity.

Eldred Tellis.

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