Imphal: Sit- in Ptotest by Manipur NGO Consortium on HIV/AIDS

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The Imphal Free Press

IMPHAL, Sep 18: Decrying the non-release of funds by the Manipur Aids Control

Society for consecutive six months, a sit-in protest was staged today at the

complex of the society at Lamphel by the members of the All Manipur NGO Partners

Consortium on HIV/AIDS.

With slogans like, Release funds immediately to MACS NGO partners the sit-in

protest participated by around 100 members representing 65 NGOS was carried out

from around 11 am till 4 pm.

Speaking to reporters at the protest site, president of the All Manipur NGO

Parnters Consortium on HIV/AIDS, Y Surchandra said that owing to the non-release

of funds by the MACS for the last six months, the NGOs were facing problems in

performing their normal services for the HIV/AIDS infected persons.

He said these NGOs working in the fields of HIV/AIDS were supplying syringes,

medicines, condoms and other materials to the HIV/AIDS infected people from time

to time. But non-release of the funds had greatly affected the supply of these

materials, he added.

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