ROSE (Rural Organization For Social Empowerment)  was established in 2000, Registration of Society 23^rd September 2000 Registration No. 7973/2000, Telangana Public Society, Registration Act 1350 Fasli (Act I of 1350 F).

ROSE is working with Children, Youth, Women and community programmes. ROSE has successfully implemented CHILDLINE-1098 project has been implementing in Kamareddy district Since April 2019. The project has been implementing with close and effective collaboration of WD&CW and District Collectorate. The activities of Child line in the district has created an enabling and positive environment for children especially in the areas of protection and Child Abuse.

• Addressed 364 cases of protection and abuse related concerns of the children in the district
• Conducted awareness on the children issues and concerns in 72 communities covering 10070 target people
• Conducted awareness on sexual abuse among 5053 girls, 4290 boys and 250 parent committees during the period
• Conducted awareness on Child marriages among 1685 girls, 1820 boys and 20 SMCs and 60 Gram Panchayat members during the period

ROSE working with FSWs in collaboration with TSACS under targeted Intervention program from 2019 onwards in Hyderabad & Ranga Reddy Districts and making efforts to reduce the incidence of STI and HIV/AIDS.

ROSE specially emphasizes on Medical and Health aspects of those particularly preventive and curative health related programs with a special focus on children, Adolescent girls, and Women with more specifically emphasis on strengthen and expand HIV/AIDS, TB, awareness and Advocacy services etc.

ROSE support and empower adolescents in all their diversity regardless of their race, class and gender. The LGBT community people and PLHIVs face discrimination in almost all aspects of their lives. They are denied access to employment, education, and health care. They are targeted because of their gender expression or perceived sexual orientation.

Stigma and discrimination can impact on the rights of LGBT& PLHIVs. In addition to their fundamental right to live free from violence and discrimination, bullying can lead to an increased likelihood of avoiding academics and impact on their self-esteem. This can have lasting consequences on their social and psychological health and also have adverse effects on society as a whole.

LGBT young adolescents and youth are at higher risk of threats and verbal, physical and sexual abuse.  Yet, they are unable to secure support from those whose duty it is to protect the community. There are often extra challenges in accessing proper sexual health services due to discrimination or lack of expertise among service providers

Every young person regardless of their gender deserves equal access to opportunities and services. In this aspect, ROSE organization has started working with LGBT (MSM) and FSW community through targeted Intervention program. In this intervention, the team identified 30 hotspots and 24 Peer educators to work in their respective hotspots. HRG’s met in Outreach by the PEs through 1-1 and 1-Group Communication Sessions. HRG’s are mobilized towards the specific services which they require, and 100% community is covered in outreach. Highest Achievement was made possible with the rigid Micro Planning and Prioritization.

Major activities covered for LGBT and PLHIV are:

• Programmatic mapping and population size estimation
• Conducting community events to identify new HRGs(LGBT/FSW)
• Regular Medical Check up to treat STIs if any
• Partner treatment
• For six months, the staff conducts the RPR (Syphilis) test
• For every 6 months -CD4 test
• Yearly once – Viral load tests
• Spouse testing’s
• Identifying the number of partners and providing clinical services (ICTC & RPR)
• Index Testing’s
• Awareness on social entitlements and self-employment
• Providing ART medication on regular basis and level of adherence
• Quarterly estimation of risk assessment and condom gap analysis
• Treating the PLHIVs as most risky group and contacts them monthly twice to know their health status.
• Strong linkages with all service centers to target groups( Advocacy with stakeholders)
• Community based screening in non-catchment areas to identify the new HRGs and hidden PLHIVs/ Known positives
• Free condom distribution at Drop in center and at hotspots to all HRGs including PLHIVs
• Peer Navigation