Network East and North-East Projects

Network North-East: Mapping and Training MSM and Transgender Community Groups in North-Eastern India for Participation in National AIDS Control Programme– Phase III (2008)

Network East: Mapping and Training MSM and Transgender Community Groups in Eastern India for Participation in National AIDS Control Programme– Phase III (2008-09)

Network North-East Project Extension: Supporting NERO to Mentor MSM and Transgender Community Groups and Targeted Interventions in North-Eastern India for Participation in National AIDS Control Programme – Phase III (2009-2010)

Funded by UNAIDS India, New Delhi and supported by National AIDS Control Organisation, New Delhi

These projects aimed to help the following initiate or scale up their responses to the HIV epidemic in Eastern and North-Eastern India through participation in the NACP-III activities: (a) Informal networks of MSM / transgender (TG) individuals; (b) Community-based organizations (CBOs) of MSM / TG people; (c) Formal coalitions of MSM / TG individuals or CBOs; and (d) Non-government organizations (NGOs) that did not have an MSM / TG community base or leadership but worked with MSM / TG people.

Key activities of the projects included: (a) Mapping the networks, coalitions, CBOs and NGOs to prepare a database of MSM / TG community groups in Eastern and North-Eastern India; (b) NACP-III focused training and networking workshops for MSM / TG community groups and officials of State AIDS Control Societies, District AIDS Prevention and Control Units and their technical support agencies; and (c) Post-workshop: Providing seed money support to assist informal networks attempting CBO formation, or to non-funded CBOs in need of administrative or capacity building support to prepare them for NACP-III participation. (d) Providing the TI implementing NGOs and other community groups (informal networks, CBOs and coalitions of CBOs) with a conceptual understanding of key issues like gender and sexuality, community mobilization, advocacy, TI management and organizational development. (e) Strengthening the TIs through mentoring, advocacy support for creating an enabling environment and extending their reach to MSM / TG community groups hitherto not covered by them. (f) Supporting one or more NGOs or CBOs in the region to develop expertise on issues concerning MSM and TG populations and act as a local resource for government and civil society initiatives around sexual health and HIV for MSM and TG people.

For the latest update on the progress of Network North-East Project, please click here.

Please click here to download leaflets on gender, sexuality, human rights, sexual health, HIV and safer sex concerns of MSM and male-to-female transgender people in Manipur developed by All Manipur Nupi Manbee Association (AMANA) and SAATHII.These leaflets were developed under Network Northeast Project as part of seed money support to AMANA.

AMANA leaflet on MSM and TG issues - main

AMANA leaflet on MSM and TG issues - condom usage

Both leaflets have two sides. Please paste the two sides back-to-back after printing. The main leaflet needs to be folded vertically along the page divides for sequential reading.