The Karnataka Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS has given the Jeevotsava (Festival of Life) Award to the Claretian-run Support Care Centre in Bengaluru for its 20 years of dedicated service to people living with HIV/AIDS. The award recognizes the centre’s commitment to care, treatment, and rehabilitation of destitute and marginalized persons.
Claretian Father Tomy Urumbumkuzhiyil, director of the Support Care Centre, received the award on January 21 from Gangu Bai Mankar, secretary of the Karnataka Department of Health and Family Welfare. The award was presented during the state HIV Conclave, which brought together more than 50,000 youth living with HIV, along with policymakers, NGOs, and Church representatives.
Speaking after receiving the award, Father Urumbumkuzhiyil said the centre has been serving people living with HIV/AIDS through both institutional and community-based care for two decades and expressed happiness and gratitude for the recognition.
