SHISUK Since 1993, SHISUK has been working in the districts of Dhaka, Gazipur, Sirajgong, and Comilla, with programmes on rural development, income generating programme in fisheries, HIV/AIDS related information, education, communication (IEC) and mass awareness. Its dissemination campaign has targeted youths, migrant workers, truck drivers and community-based catalytic agents (1000 hairdressers) and it has organised orientation programmes for them. The programmes are of 30-day duration and so far 200 have been trained, about 30 of these participants being female migrant workers. SHISUK has been working to build awareness especially among the migrant workers and their spouses since 1995. Recently the organisation has completed a HIV/AIDS needs assessment of migrant workers and migrant workers’ spouses with the support of HASAB. SHISUK organises workshops and seminars. So far it has organised a seminar on ‘Situation of Migrant Workers and Regional Responsibility’ and 3 separate workshops on ‘HIV/AIDS and Migrant Workers’ with 20 BMET director level officials, 100 recruiting agents and 32 diagnostic centres of Dhaka. SHISUK has plans to provide pre-departure information and briefing support to the migrant workers, to address their needs regarding sexual behaviour and to provide skill-training programmes. Address: SHISUK 7/1, Block-A Lalmatia Dhaka Tel: 880-2-9126235 Fax: 880-2-8118393