Projects

HANDS, in the few months of its existence, has scored a number of successes with regard to its goals:- Ongoing Projects/Completed Projects:
  • The HANDS team has conducted awareness lectures in a number of schools at Kalimpong. This is also an ongoing programme.
  • Outreach programme conducted by HANDS has brought in almost 100 drug abusers and Alcoholics, in an avrage every month, to the day care centre to receive counseling and therapeutic input session.
  • Adult education on AIDS and drug abuse is being pursued vigorously.
  • H.A.N.D.S. Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre has been successfully treating Chemically Dependent People ever since it was inaugurated on 11th of April 2009. Performance Chart of the Year 2009-2010 & 2010-2011 are as follows.
   

Performance Chart 2009-2010

 

Months

New

Old

Discharge

 Exit

Follow

Chemically

  Alky

   Poly

 

Patient

Patient

 

 

   up

Dependent

 

 

April

3

 -

 -

-

 -

3

-

 -

May

6

3

 -

-

 -

4

2

 -

June

2

9

 -

-

 -

2

-

 -

July

-

11

2

-

2

-

-

 -

Aug

5

9

6

-

5

3

1

1

Sept

3

8

2

-

3

1

1

1

Oct

1

9

1

1

-

-

-

1

Nov

4

8

 -

1

2

1

1

2

Dec

1

11

3

1

1

-

-

1

Jan

3

8

1

2

1

-

2

1

Feb

5

8

1

-

-

4

-

1

March

3

12

3

-

3

3

-

-

Total

36

12

19

5

17

21

7

8

 

 

Continuing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 Performance Chart 2010-2011

Month   New         Old         Disc-      Exit      Follow    Chemically        Alky         Poly

                Patient   Patient    harge                  Up        Dependent

Apri          4                11             1         1          2                 2                  2             -     

May         3                13             2          1          3                 1                  1             1

Jun           3                13             4          -           3                 1                  2            -

July          6                12             4          -           4                 3                   3           -

Aug          5                14             3          -           3                 3                   2           -

Sep          1                16              -          5          1                  -                    1           - 

Oct          3                12              2         -           2                  1                   1           1    

Nov          8               13              4          3          4                 4                    4           -

Dec          3               14               3         -           4                                     3          -     

Jan           4               14               3         -           4                  -                    3          1

Feb          1               15               2         1           5                  1                   -           -

Mar         1               13               5          -           5                  1                   -           1

Total       42              9               33       11         40                18                 21         3

                            Continuing

  Services:
  • AIDS and Drug Abuse Awareness: HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse awareness programmes were held in various schools, villages and in town area.This is an ongoing programmes.
  • Health Care: Abscess management is provided to a few clients.
  • Counseling: Individual Counselling, group counselling sessions is given to the clients ( injecting drug users (IDU) and alcoholics).family counselling also taken place in the day care centre.For those who want to go for HIV blood test,pre and post test counselling is given to the clients.
  • Adult Education: Adult Education programme is being pursued in Kalimpong Town Hall for the community/public and IEC(Information,Education,Communication) Materials were also distributed.
  • IEC Materials Provided: During Independence Day Celebrations in Kalimpong, HANDS staff  distributed HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse pamphlets and over 2000 copies were distributed among students and the public.It is distributed to the people in every programme where HANDS is done.
  • Input Session: Therapeutic input sessions is conducted to the clients in the day care centre.
  • Focus Group Discussion:  Focus group discussion(therapeutic input sessions)is conducted everyday in the day care centre.
  • Outreach programmes:  Outreach programmes were done by our outreach workers and brought many clients into the day care   centre.
  • Recreational: Recreation is provided to the clients every day at the day care centre.
  • Home visit: Home visits are  done to  give counseling to the affected and infected people as well as their family members.
  • After Care for recovering addicts: Recovering addicts who have come out after completing long term rehabilitation programs are given support by counseling and they spend time in the day care centre.
  • Follow Up: Follow up work is done with clients who are less motivated.
  • Referral Service: HANDS had referred some clients for HIV blood test to the ICTC.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation: Monitoring and Evaluation of the completed work was done by the co-ordinator at the end of the month.

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