hst greatest hits. it all started in 1990 three men in a chai- shop decided they needed a support...
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HST Greatest Hits
It all started in 1990
Three men in a chai-shop decided they needed a support
system for gay men & men who like other
men…
1990 Bombay Dost
The Humsafar Trust was born in the summer of 1994
Much of THE HUMSAFAR TRUST
work involves
Sexuality, Gender, Health and Human rights
December 1994
The Humsafar Trust organized India’s first ever conference of the gay
community
1995Drop-in center was acquired and Friday meetings started
1998The Directorate of Health Services grants Rs. 58,000 for sex mapping of MSM sites in Mumbai
77 active sites identified in 3 months
MSM CIRCLE
Beginning of HIV Interventions- 1999 • Mumbai District AIDS Control Society sanctioned NACO’s first
pilot project in the MSM sector in Mumbai for 1000 populations
• The HST sets up a VCCTC within its premises on 26th June 1999
• The USAID FHI IMPACT Project up scales in 2001
• 6 TIs reaching out to 9000 MSM and TG in 2012
• Clinic and counseling unit
• Support group for MSM and TG living with HIV
Advocacy • Films :68 Pages / Bridges of Hope /Aa Muskuraa • Theatre : No 1, Madhav Baug• Pride Marches : Queer Azaadi Mumbai • Kashish Mumbai International Queer film festival• Project Bolo• LGBT friendly road map • Gay and MSM friendly IEC materials• National Consultations on Sec 377 Way Ahead
Research Unit : 2004
• Fenway Training on Ethics of Research
• Community Based Research
• Registered with NIH with FWA certificate
• IRB in place
Research Initiatives • Mental health study• KABP – 7th Wave• Vaccine preparedness with CIHR• Stigma among MSM and TG
with ICMR• Sensitization of health care
providers on issues of gender and sexuality with University of Cleveland
• Internet Study with University of Minnesota
• Team Grant with CIHR• Developing policies around
stigma and discrimination in health care settings with ICRW
• Male Sex Workers with LSHTM
• Impact of Delhi Court judgement
• Vulnerability of Married MSM with Fenway
• HPV prevalence study with HIV positive MSM
Capacity Building
Global Fund Round 9 : A capacity building project in 5 states ( Maharashtra / Goa / Gujarat
/Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan ) with 53 partner CBOs
HUMSAFARTODAY
…is one
huge family of 266 people working full time and as peers
on 23 projects
GRATITUDE
NACO – MDACSUNDP - UNAIDS
USAID – FHIUSAID – AVERT
BMGF – FHI - FPAIEU-HIVOS
SIDA -RFSUGFATM Round 9 - India HIV AIDS Alliance
Fenway Community HealthUniversity of Minnesota
Baldwin Wallace College-OhioCIHR-University of Toronto
UCSFNIH – ICMRMCC-CMC
NARI – TISS - MGMICRW
LSHTM - Welcome Trust