• Cluster Groups :
Area wise identification of groups helps in getting early response in solving the problems of community. For this purpose we have started building such groups in our community. So for we have formed 13 groups in our community in last 3 months.0n 10 th of every months group members conduct meeting in the presence of social workers. Sharing of information, discussion on various issues, helping each other to solve their problems, develops strategy for future are main objective of these meetings. One group has already started SHG & other groups will be following the example in due course.

• Foster Care Project :

   

1) Health check-up camp for women - CASP Pune Unit with the help of Maharashtra Medical Foundation (MMF) Pune organized free medical check-up camp for 120 women in Ratna Hospital, Pune.

Following test were conducted :
Blood HB Tests, Blood Sugar Tests, Urine Tests, Papsmiur Test, & other Tests.

Following are the findings :
• Low HB – 14 women (below 10gm)
• Urine infection – 18 women
• Cytology report – 19 women

For travel and snacks for this participants had been organized by A.C. International through their Development fund. Follow-up treatment will be done with support from MMF.

2) Emergency help for needy families - Casp Pune Unit has provided emergency financial aid to 3 needy families. They are as below.

No.	Name	Amount	Purpose
1.	Pratiksha Kasbe	3000	Tumor
2.	Ayane Sheikh	2900	Gangrene
3.	Shubhangi Shinde	1300	Eye problem

An emergency aid given to family additional support apart from their regular aid. The expenditure done from the administrations cost of Foster care scheme.

1) Exposure visit by NACO Doctors - On 12-02-2009 NARI had arranged exposure visit to CASP Pune Unit for Doctors from different centers of NACO particularly working in the field of HIV/-AIDS. Though NARI is working with 8 NGO in Pune. CASP was the only NGO selected by NARI for this purpose because of active role played by the Peers groups in Community & positive approach of CASP in helping NARI for their mission of finding out vaccine against HIV/AIDS.

The Doctors wanted to know about the problems faced by HIV+ Patients & by peers working in Community. They are highly impressed by quality of our work done by CASP Pune Unit.

2) New research on HIV/AIDS Vaccine - NARI is in process of launching new vaccine invented by them; before coming to any conclusion NARI wants to have many test of this vaccine in the community. NARI selected CASP Pune Unit for this purpose.

On 23-02-2009 team of exports from NARI organized one day orientation workshop for peer educators of CASP Pune Unit. All peers participated in the workshop.