Organisation overview

Public Fund Girlfriend (Общественный фонд "Подруга")

Sharonova Nadezhda

Masalieva str. 55-56

714000 Osh

Kyrgyzstan

+9963222 22478

+996 3222 29461

Russian

NGO

9-20

1-8

Advocacy, Harm reduction, Policy, Prevention, Research, Social issues, Universal access

Local

Policy makers, Sex workers

National, European

International donors

Access to updated information on HIV, STI, TB, effective prevention methods of socially important infections, partnership building, possibility to take part in international projects, training opportunities for organizational personnel, access to information from conferences, possibilities to take part in advocacy processes both on regional and worldwide level

Our organization is an expert in preventive interventions among sex-workers, gatekeepers, truck drivers, taxi drivers. We share our experience with new organizations: NGO “Gvozdika” and “Tais Plus 2”. We have experience in development of targeted information materials. Our organization is a member of a working group on HIV i the city of Osh. The working group consists of governmental, non-governmental and international organizations. The working group on a quarterly basis discusses problems related to accessibility of HIV-services for main groups, who are at risk of HIV-infection.

Our organization was established in 2001 in Osh. Later, we enhanced our geographical scope and trained outreach workers in the towns of Kara-Suu and Uzgen. One of the outstanding achievements is or professional team that includes people from the community of sex-workers. We have been twice awarded certificate of honor from the oblast administration, which shows that our organization was recognized in the sphere of HIV prevention.