Programs and projects
Street Children of St. Petersburg
This programme was launched in 1995 by an initiative of the International Humanitarian Organization.
Program Goal:
Prevention of HIV and other socially significant diseases among «street» children and adolescents, as well as providing access to health services, social, psychological and legal assistance.
Target group:
Homeless and neglected children and teenagers, as well as their family members.
Under the program, the project:
«Equal access to basic health and social services for street children and adolescents in St. Petersburg» (№ 2008/140-115, EU reference: Europe Aid/125149/L/ACT/RU) »
Preventing HIV/AIDS and other socially significant diseases among Injecting Drug Users
This programme was launched in 1997 by an initiative of the International Humanitarian Organization
The programme’s base is the mobile prevention unit “Avtobus,” which is equipped with special rooms for medical and psychological counseling and a room for collecting blood samples. A highly qualified and multidisciplinary team, made up of medical professionals, social workers, psychologists, and case managers, carries out the prevention activities of this programme.
Comprehensive prevention of HIV/AIDS and other socially significant diseases among women from vulnerable groups
The program started in 2008 by an initiative of the Fund “Humanitarian Action” and is carried out on the mobile unit “Microbus”.
Programme Goal:
Providing complex medical, psychological and social assistance to female sex workers. This includes working for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other socially significant diseases. Additionally, this involves warning them about violence, human trafficking and other forms of discrimination.
Medical-Social Guidance (Case-Management)
The Case Management Service began its work as a separate initiative in 2005. The project developed out of programs already in existence: working for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other socially significant diseases amongst high-risk groups.
Programme Goal:
The safeguarding of the health and quality of life of people with HIV/AIDS who require an individual and step-by-step solution.
Education Center
The members of the charity, ‘Humanitarian Action’ are experts on practical work with our target groups. These comprise: homeless and neglected children and adolescents, Injecting Drug Users, women involved in sex work and people living with HIV/AIDS. They are both qualified specialists and educators on their area of expertise. Within the framework of the ‘Education Centre’ program, we provide training sessions and seminars, comprising an educational approach to work with socio-economically unstable members of society. The charity’s training events are aimed at the charity’s specialists, those from other organisations, and members of the target groups. The events function both as part of the charity’s own project, and on the request of other organisations.
