STEP TAKEN

Social evil is incidental to social change. Social change is the response to the changing economic and political environment. No single factor, however strong does by itself cause the change. It is always the cumulative effect of numerous factors working in combination.

CAST works for eliminating social evils causes of – HIV pandemic, poverty, sex works, corruption, and various immoral practices that relentlessly deterred the schemes and process of development in our community which affects our most private emotions, sexuality, health, education, our security and trust in relationship and in the future. Consequently, everyone in the community needs direction advance in creating safe and secure environment in which everyone feel welcome, accepted and important. Which precisely are possible when everyone is treated equally and his or her needs are fully considered.

We pressed for policies for the relegation of such evils, bases our activities on the principle and stand to liberate those unable to and incapable to free themselves from their compelled situations not of his / her choice - improve the quality of life for and of HIV pandemic stricken people, short-term employment scheme, increase awareness, consistency, morality, civic-sense, and that sprouted through proper education, introducing micro-finance, experience, providing comprehensive training and by giving correct / constructive information can possibly develop positive changes to protect the latter affecting the life of people in general.

CAST presented a virtually methodological framework since 2003 in support of social transformation prioritized advocacy to expand effective implementations and functioning of CAST objectives where communities voluntary and involuntary action in correlation with church organizations as a core platform and community based organizations, government agencies, and officials involvement is sought, became the requisite platform where these competing campaign views were cautioned.

Transitional therapeutic activities to eliminate discriminatory spirit and practices, and developed political participation of people traumatized for being entangled with such situations. social compulsions work to find solution and the issues is to be settled in accordance with the norms and values, customs and laws. These cannot be outride disregarded as de-constitute the inner mechanism of society to regulate its working, to defuse tension and to stimulate social action.

1. Counseling, Awareness campaign through home- based and residential based.

Efforts to reach every people, families, churches, leaders, or organizations with accurate
information, education, and training.

2. Legal services program to help emancipated from their impoverished situations.

3. Promoting support in the groundwork and functioning of activities for the then elimination of
social evils in villages.
4. Introducing integrated programs - education, training, counseling, HIV treatment, preventionand
care, and community mobilization & sensitization towards such evils hang on and within
Churachandpur district of Manipur.

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5. Providing opportunity –

e.g. poverty stricken family in Churachandpur, young man, son of a poor widow. Newly married could not manage due to unemployed, financial bankruptcy and vice versa. Acknowledging his potential and skills in computer operating, we pilot him to work in one computer training center. Today, earning an adequate amount of income, this family contentedly enjoyed a good state of life.

6. Bilateral support of the program initiatives in Churachandpur and monitoring to:
• Ensure that the activity have been implemented appropriately as planned

• Emphasize the accountability that incarceration and forced institutionalized play in accelerating evils and the policy changes that can help elimination

• Sponsor , co-sponsor policy dialogues, conferences, satellite sessions, and a study tour to explore solutions and manifest lessons erudite through research, program for capacity building, and motivating community for social transformation.

7.Enhance support and funding for and political commitment to the provision of treatment, micro-
finance program.

8.Care service provider, primary health care, and education and grants to support community
mobilization, monitoring of funds and other social development program .

9.Networking and technical support to organizations, churches, and people involved in program for
community development (socially, economically, and politically) in villages (rural, urban) within
Churachandpur District of Manipur.

10. Team work on issues varied as HIV prevention & care, home based care, Income Generating
Program, referral services, and media campaigns.

11.Ensure transparent procurement of micro-finance program and the challenge of the logical /
methodical exclusion of underprivileged and poverty stricken people, families from the society.