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Organization Contact Information | |
| Name: | Buds of Christ |
| Street 1: | M 201, KOOTAPALLI HOUSING BOARD COLONY |
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| City: | Tiruchengode |
| Province: | Tamilnadu |
| Post Code: | 637214 INDIA |
| Country: | India |
| Phone: | 914288281722 |
| Email: | jpaul@budsofchrist.org |
| Web Site: | http://www.budsofchrist.org |
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General Information | |
| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
| Organization Reach: | National |
| Organization Description: | |
| Buds of Christ works with orphans and vulnerable children and young people in India with a primary focus on Health and Education. Buds of Christ's key objectives are; To advocate for improved access to care and support services for Orphans and Vulnerable young Children including children living with HIV / TB To provide health and educational support services for disadvantaged children and youth in rural communities To work towards social security and protection of children rights in education, health, community, domestic, legal spheres and other settings To organise grandparents and caretakers and link them with existing government schemes and services To network with various government and non-governmental organisations in upholding the rights of children and encourage children participation at all levels To actively engaged in prevention of epidemics like HIV, TB What we do on TB control: In our reach to vulnerable children in rural Namakkal district in Tamilnadu, we have organised support groups of children living with HIV, where we have developed peer educators among CLHIV in prevention of TB and other key opportunistic infections among children and their family members. We have also developed a cartoon story book on TB and HIV to help children educate and prevent TB |
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| Total number of staff in your organization: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? | $1,001-$5,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Stop TB communications |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| We monitor children living with HIV and their families for TB and refer them for prevention, treatment and provide treatment education and care and support services there by contributing to the National TB Control Plan. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | India |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: | South East Asian |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
India |
Specializations | |
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Advocacy, communication and social mobilization TB Healthcare Services Technical Assistance |
Specializations in Countries | |
| Advocacy, communication and social mobilization | India |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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TB-HIV: Our primary work is among children living with HIV and their family members. Hence we focus on the child and the parent affected by HIV and highly prone and/or affected by TB in the region. New Diagnostics: We strongly advocate for new diagnostics facility to be available at every district in our country. Especially for those living with HIV, we need diagnostics facility to go beyond the usual sputum, x ray and mandox. Extra pulmanory TB tests are essential to prevent and early treatment of the same to avoid unwanted deaths among children and family. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: No conflicts of interest were delacred. | |
| Application date: | January 24, 2011 |
| Last updated: | August 26, 2011 |