Peer Educator

Established in 1993, YRGCARE is a pioneering non\-governmental organisation in India, committed to transforming lives through integrated healthcare, inclusive partnerships, and forward\-looking research. Grounded in the values of integrity and sustainability, we address both immediate and evolving societal challenges empowering communities to attain equitable and lasting health outcomes. We provide comprehensive services across prevention, care, support, and treatment, particularly for those affected by HIV and other infectious diseases.

Summary of Key Functions:

Duties and Responsibilities:

Planning and Management

• The Peer Educator along with other project staffs would be responsible for preparing micro\- plans, calculate demand analysis of various commodities.
  


• Prepare weekly / monthly action plan for each hotspot, ensure supply of needles/syringes, condoms, lubes, BCC materials adequately for each hotspot.
  


• Should discuss with the community members and other stakeholders in preparing micro plan ensuring that field level support is ensured for smooth implementation of the project.
  

• Will discuss and rope in support of the stakeholders in smooth implementation of the Programme in the area.
  


• Will be working with various power structures within and outside the community and would ensure their effective participation in the Programme.
  


• Will identify and use preferred providers for delivering the project services after due training by SACS or DAPCU or TSU
  

• Will support the ORW will maintain records of free condoms or needles and syringes on lubes received from the project and distributed by self or peer educators
  

• Provide data/information required for preparation of reports
  

Requirements

Requirements

• Preferably should be literate with good knowledge of the local community and for FSW, MSM and TG / Hijra PEs should be from the same target group.
  


• In case of Migrants project \-40% of the total peers should be from the community which represent highest number of migrants from source States.
  


• In case of truckers’ project \-40% of the total peers should be ex\-truckers or helpers and are currently in the profession or are working with any other jobs.
  


• In case of IDU or FIDU projects \- ex\-users or community members be preferred.
  


• The peer educator selection should be done through a process of peer progression among the volunteers who are associated with the project by way of helping in community sensitization, clinic services.
  


• The peer educators should be from the community in terms of their occupation, typology and age groups.
  


• Stakeholders, pressure groups or members of power structures, family members of the target population should not be preferably be engaged as peer educators.