Problem:

During self-isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many families, who raise children with HIV found themselves in difficult life situations. Especially families with guardianship of the child by the grandmother, single mothers and large families. They need products, funds to buy clothes, opportunities for organizing distance learning. Also, due to self-isolation in many families, relations “parents-child” got worse.
With the self-isolation regime, we began to conduct groups and individual consultations online. The implementation of this format seemed simple, but as a result, after 2 weeks of active online communication by computers, all employees felt pain (eyes began to hurt). Many (including our beneficiaries) got a depressed mood due to self-isolation and the inability to support each other personally.

Solution:

Realizing this, we tried to make the meetings as joyful and inspiring as possible. Providing individual consultations with a psychologist, holding a club for parents, meetings of support groups for adolescents – all these issues continued as well. Also, I want to emphasize that the implementation of the Tramplin mentoring project: training in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk took place online as well.

Result:

The organization provides material assistance to families in need in the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Samara – more than 50 families have already received such support. About 48 consultations of a psychologist were carried out. There were three parent club meetings and six support group meetings for teens.