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Resource Center
The rapid advancement of meaningful and effective models for
interventions in community health, HIV-related and children in
difficult situations have propelled the need to upscale and consolidate
the existing field based programs through demonstrations, research and
best practices. The research and training activities initiated with the
programs in the early nineties are receiving a boost through
its’ consolidation with the establishment of the Resource
Centre.
The Health Education, Action Research and
Training (HEART) Centre is planned at Kune, 90 Kms from
Mumbai. The Centre set high up in the hills overlooking a flowing
river, commands significant view creating an illusion of infinity. It
is proposed to develop the Centre for Capacity Enhancement and
Research.
The Centre will provide
residential training facilities with
audiovisual support. Training programs will be organized for
Governmental and Non Governmental Organizations in specific areas of
interest, such as, Community Health, HIV related Home Based Care and
Child Rights. The Centre will also cater to the in-house training needs
of its professionals, care and health workers, teachers and support
staff towards upscaling existing training, documentation and research
activities in the organisation.
It will first look at
enhancing and strengthening the projects of CCDT and developing new
initiatives. To further our programs, research and documentation unit
will identify and consolidate our successes and failures through
review, documentation and research. The continued commitment to foster
better linkages among researchers, communities most affected by HIV and
AIDS, and organizations responsible for providing HIV prevention and
health care services will receive greater importance.
Capacity
Enhancement
CCDT is playing a key role in training other organizations in the field
of HIV/AIDS. Simultaneously it also conducts ongoing training and
capacity building of its staff. Additionally, the staff have
participated in training conducted by external organizations and in
in-house training. Staff induction programs and specific capacity
enhancement programs are conducted periodically. The personnel of CCDT
are invited to share experiences and participate in various national
and international workshops.
Its expertise lies in
dealing with issues related to HIV/AIDS,
Psychosocial Interventions for HIV/AIDS, Care and Support with special
focus on Home Care Management, Reproductive and Child Health, Child
Rights and Gender Issues, with children, adolescent, youth, couples and
elderly. Competent staff are drawn from various disciplines such as
Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Home Science, Health
Administration, Teaching, Nursing and Physiotherapy. It also has a body
on consultants and resource persons, whose resources are optimally
utilized for training. The staff’s language competency for
training covers English, Hindi and Marathi.
Its field base has been
commended by professionals in the field.
Students have been placed from reputed institutes such as, Tata
Institute of Social Science, Mumbai; College of Social Work, Mumbai;
Indian Institute of Health Management and Research, Baroda; Shreemati
Nathabai Damordas Thakersey (SNDT) College, Mumbai. A number of
international students have done their field placement in our projects.
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