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a.
Support Group meeting
Monthly Support Group meeting are held during the year
at our office premises. The topics are thematically based
for every meeting and include: 
- Income generation programs - tailoring, toy making
- Self help group formation
- Education about HIV/AIDS and treatment
- Yoga and meditation ¢ Remedies for legal issues, violation
of human rights
- Child support activities including educational support
- Anti-retroviral medication
- Psychosocial support for affected families ¢ Registration
of new positive cases
Special focus on positive aravani (eunuch) communities.
Resource persons such as program officers, doctors, legal
adviser and yoga & meditation trainers are invited for
a few of the meetings to share their expertise.
b. Condom Demonstrations/Distribution
Condom embarrassment is prevalent all over India, and
Tamil Nadu is no different. This attitude towards condoms
prevent people from buying them at shops for fear they
will get recognized, and asking for help as to how they
are to be used. SIP+ conducts condom distribution and
demonstration drives, where people are shown the correct
way to use a condom and are encouraged to ask questions,
handle the condom, and learn its importance in a safe,
non-judgmental environment. This program is conducive
to decreasing condom embarrassment and encouraging condom
usage among the general public.
c. Health Camps
d. Rallies
e. Training Sessions 
f. Workshops
g. Koovagam Festival
h. Other Activities
that SIP+ have participated in
The staff of SIP+ regularly participate in ongoing and
one-time training sessions, workshops, meetings and conferences
as participants and resource persons. Notable among these
are:
SIP+ members attend the annual Koovagam festival (Eunuch
festival) and conduct HIV/AIDS Awareness Programme for
the Transgender community attending this event.
SIP+ counselors attended the training programme offered
by CMC (Christian Medical College) in 2004 in Vellore.
SIP+ participated in the meeting organized by Lawyer's
Collective in Mumbai (January 2005) to strategize against
the Sodomy Law (Section 377 of the Indian constitution).
SIP+ sent representatives to the South Asia Treatment
Preparedness Workshop held in Kathmandu at Nepal, in January
2005. The founder, Ms. Noori Durai has been elected member
of the South Asia Steering Committee on Treatment Preparedness.
SIP+ staff update themselves with developments in care,
support, treatment and prevention by participating in
information-dissemination, training, and networking events
organized by organizations such as SAATHII, SIAAP and
INP+.
SIP+ President Ms.D.Noori attended the 7th International
Congress on AIDS in Asia Pacific conference held in 2005
in Kobe, Japan.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Awareness programs such as Auto campaign at predominant
signals and Highways of Chennai city.
World AIDS day rally involving school students, college
students.
Transgender ( Koovagam ) Festival
Work shops
Conferences
Interfaith International conference 2006 at chennai -
India, International AIDS 2005 conference - MGR University
at chennai - India, 7th ICAAP International conference
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