As we talk about AIDS, the name of our country comes up, as India have
the largest number of HIV infected people in the world. One in eight
people infected with HIV in the world resides in India and it accounts
to ~5.7 million people.
There are 6 states (Manipur, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, TamilNadu,
Karnataka and Maharashtra) that are very badly affected, with HIV/AIDS
prevalence rates greater than 1%.
IOC has always been on the forefront in the fight against killer
diseases. In the 80's IOC's mission fought against leprosy, today it
is fighting against AIDS. It has made the fight against AIDS a top
priority. We can see this in the mission statement of IOC that HG
Meletius thirumeni shared with us in this forum. Ref:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/13248
In its fight against AIDS, St.Gregorios Daya Bhavan is one of the
newest ventures of Malankara Orthodox Mission Board to care for the
children of AIDS patients. It is located at Bhaktarhalli, Kunigal
Town, 80 kms away from Bangalore.
St. Gregorios Daya Bhavan
No. 69, Vanighere Village
Bhaktharahalli P.O, (Via) Kunigal, Tumkur Dist
Karnataka - 572 120, India
Phone: 0816 320075
Email: dayabahvan@yahoo.co.in
Website: http://www.dayabhavan.org/
ICON Archives on Daya Bhavan and AIDS
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/5667
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/5577
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/4740
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/4290
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/12526
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/12559
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/13107
Thanks,
Rajesh Vargheese
http://www.stgregoriosaustin.org/
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