Awards

Regional Fund - IGA, Pazardjik won an international award! Personally Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal presented the International Community Justice Awards!

 

Regional Fund - IGA was the only non-government organization that won the prestigiousInternational Community Justice Award 2004.
 
 

Award for Fund – IGA, handed from the mayor of Madison, Mr. Jerry Gist /USA/, for “demonstrated outstanding ability in your chosen field of endeavor, and have worked for the welfare and progress of Bulgaria” 2007


Award for Fund – IGA by Sofia municipality for “development of an effective model for inter-agency cooperation during the implementation of European projects in partnership with Sofia municipality” 2007.
 
 
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“Reducing of risk behavior and risk injection practices through commercial sex workers”

 

Project:
"Reducing of risk behavior and risk injection practices through commercial sex workers”
 
Project duration:
15.03.2005 – 30.11.2005
 
Partners:
Ministry of Health; Pazardjik Municipality; „Health and Social Development” Foundation; „Panacea” Foundation
 
Sources of funding:
Ministry of Health “Prevention and control of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis” funded by Global Fund
 
Main goal:
To keep the low level of dissemination of HIV/AIDS through commercial sex workers in the Pazardjik region
 
Objectives:
- Restricting of the risk sexual behavior; - Reducing of the dissemination of sexual and blood illnesses; - Early discovering and directing to medical treatment of the cases with HIV infection; - Development of effective programs for prevention of HIV infection on municipal level; - Development of the professional capacity on municipal level for planning and implementation of sustainable programs for prevention of HIV infection.
 
Expected results:
- Established contacts with 60-70 % of the commercial sex workers in the Pazardjik region; - 50 % increasing of the number of the commercial sex workers who define correct the ways for prevention of HIV infection for sexual way; - 80% increasing of the number of the commercial sex workers who said that they have used a condom during their last sexual contact; - 50 % of the commercial sex workers are tested for HIV infection and sexual illnesses; - Disseminated informational and training materials;