SANGRAM + was formed as a support network for positive women in Sangli District which now provides monthly support meetings at taluka (block tehsil) level for around 350 women from the district.

In 1996, the women in the peer education programme decided to establish an independent collective called Veshya AIDS Mukabala Parishad (VAMP). VAMP manages the peer interventions in the sex worker community, with SANGRAM providing administrative support and collaboration as required.

In 2000, a small group of men from Sangli approached SANGRAM, asking for a programme focused on men who have sex with men (MSM); they established Muskan, a peer educator group for kothis and jogappas.

CASAM’s resource center focuses exclusively on issues of Stigma and Marginalisation. We have already been able to collect literature on the issue from different sources in and around the country. Some of our publications are available under the library section of the website. At present we have Mr. Thipse, based in Pune, who helps collect resource materials for the center. As of now we are already in the process of creating a database, which is building on the collected materials from various sources and documenting experiences of people who have been stigmatized and marginalized through out their lives. CASAM Resource Center consists of Books, Periodicals, Articles and Papers, Newspaper Clippings, Audio Visual Materials such as Posters, CDs, and photographs etc. CASAM Library has collected 265 articles on Sex Workers and related issues through scanning various periodicals as well as books that are available in CASAM Library and other libraries also. All articles have been classified into 30 topics. Trainee librarian has abstracted 85 Articles. Professional abstracter is editing these articles in proper terminology to fulfill the needs of information seeker. This information will be uploaded on website of SANGRAM / CASAM to facilitate easy retrieval of required information. More than 50 articles have been identified and will be available within week for consultation. The resource center has 241 Books , 265 Articles, 394 Newspaper Clippings, 77 CDs, 50 Posters , 280 Photographs.

This brief (3.5) minute clip by the Veshya Anyay Mukti Parishad (VAMP, Prostitutes’ Collective Against Injustice), encapsulates a succinct response to ‘Prostitutes of God’, a sensationalized and factually flawed documentary produced by Sarah Harris for VBS TV. Countering the distorted perspective in the film, women from VAMP present their incisive views about sex work; religion and faith; livelihoods; issues of consent; ethics and cross-cultural sensitivities while making documentary films. The women in Sangli from VAMP recorded video responses to the film. In the age of the internet, women in countries far away who used to be the objects of white peoples gaze with no right of reply now have access to the representations that are made of them, and the technological means to answer back. A naive westerner may seize the headlines, but theres now scope for there to be a debate and to bring those who in the past would have remained voiceless victims into that debate to represent themselves.It is a great opportunity to put the record straight. This clip has been produced by Sangli Talkies, the newly-launched video unit of SANGRAM / VAMP.

In 2009, a hostel for children of sex workers was started by VAMP in collaboration with SANGRAM at Nippani. The Mitra hostel as it was named caters to children of sex workers from five districts in North Karnataka and Western Maharashtra.

The District Campaign is spread over 713 villages of Sangli district, which consists of nine tehsils. The DC is run by 49 workers including administrative staff. 30 women organisers manage 53 primary health centers and 10 workers are placed at the rural hospitals. SANGRAM has a counselor placed at the district civil hospital