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Fundación Misión Internacional Rescate (MIR)

Country(s) of Activity:	Dominican Republic
Project Length:	2 years
Type of Organization:	Local Non-Governmental Organization
Local Partners:	Columbia University International Family AIDS Program; Dirección General de Control de Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual y VIH/SIDA (DIGECITTS) of the DR?s Ministry of Health, Population Services International, Esperanza y Caridad in San Pedro de Macoris, Group Paloma, Abrazame, Artesanias Micaeliano, Hijas de Maria.
Geographic Focus:	Public Health Region V, which includes the eastern provinces La Romana, La Altagracia, El Seybo, San Pedro de Macoris, and over 130 bateyes in the DR sugarcane cultivation region
Program Focus:	Care for and build capacity of caregivers
Target Populations:	family and volunteer caregivers who provide home-based support to infants, children and their mothers living with HIV, disabled adults living with HIV, and OVC

MIR supports caregivers of PLHIV through home and clinic-based services, as well as counseling and social services. Caregivers are provided with homecare kits and home-based training, financial and material assistance, and referral to community resources and services.

Community REACH HIV/AIDS Project