Speaking about Reproductive & Sexual Health &HIV/AIDS (SpARSHHA) is a innovative toll free telephone help line, which primarily focuses on clarifying doubts and issues pertaining to Sexual Reproductive Health, Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS.
the TOLL FREE Help Line number is 1 800 345 6769.
The help line is currently active on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10.00.a.m.-- 4.p.m. and the calls can be placed from any remote corner of Orissa.
This is a independent initiative which runs on its own through independent philanthropic donations and has given a voice to all those marginalized groups i.e. sexual minorities, PLHIVs, and also adolescents and youths. The helpline has been open since April 2009, and till date it has received 32 questions these questions range from queries on size and shape of sexual organs to unwanted pregnancy to questions on sexual orientation and how to know about one's own HIV status.
The toll free help line is managed by the consortium members of ODISHA-One. The consortium members are "Hope Foundation" a CBO working on Injecting Drug Users, Sakha, a CBO working on Sexual Minorities, KNP+, a CBO comprising of People Living with HIV/AIDS and idpr, a technical assistance agency. SpARSHHA also takes volunteers and trains them in counseling. this innovative initiative is yet to advertised and publicized.
Monday, January 5, 2009
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