Ongoing Programs

Pediatric Camps:  In Aravalli district 54 villages of pediatric camps were conducted through these camps, we were able to help many children with medicines. We were also able to mother with some tips, advice and solution for the children. It has helped us to know the health condition of many children.  We are also happy that whatever the awareness programs we have conducted we have seen the difference it has made in the health of mothers and children. There are many medical facilities government is providing but people are not receiving timely help but through these programmes many have benefited. The C.Es who has the information they guide them and also many times they accompany them to hospitals and for other medical help they need.

Hand washday:  hand was day was organized in the schools and villages Children were taught how to wash the hand and were instructed to wash hand before eating and drinking water. They were also made aware about the different sickness and worms they get if they are not careful. After this program the schools has made it sure that children wash their hands with soap. Also in the village, we have seen difference in hygiene. The C.E also keeps them reminding and encouraging whenever there is visit to make sure that it becomes good habits for children. Total 1587 children participated in these events.

Nutrition Week:  In nutrition week, women and children were encouraged to eat green & fresh vegetables, drumsticks, fruits and discouraged giving packet food to children. Though cow/ buffalo milk is available, most of the women and children do not consume but sell to others for a price. Through this nutrition week, they understood the advantage of adding milk in their diet. Women gained skill and knowledge to plant papaya, banana, guava, drumstick etc. Total 500 numbers of women and children participated in these events.

Health Diet Competition   women and adolescent girls are participated. 10-12 women from the each village came up with different food items. Through this programme women were encouraged to prepare different items with available vegetables in their fields. The women are preparing different items by using green vegetables, drum-sticks and sprout beans. They are happy that they have learned many ways to eat different vegetables. They have learnt to make palak soup, chapatti with green leaves( methi Thepla), Mix vegetables, Dal fry with different vegetables and many other ways to eat healthy food.

Awareness on health topics to community

The focal point of these awareness was to make the community aware of the malnutrition signs, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatments and prevention, right to food, prepare nutrition food like soup, salad, vegetable curry, etc….  and to act according to the situation with the help of government medical staff doctors, nurses, anganwadi worker (kindergarten teachers) and health worker and partners. In this awareness programme, people from the villages were able to identify those children who are underweight and a number of women who were severely anemic. Targets were set to support these women and children especially through the guidance of the C.Es and support of the government staff.

Training Programme on Promotion of organic manure and fertilizers:  In order to promote sustainable agriculture training on INM and IPM have been conducted in almost all project villages. The objective of these trainings was to help communities develop local substitutes for the costly inputs that they purchase from the market. It was encouraging to see that project have especially the women farmers are taking much more active participation in preparing these solutions locally and making use of applying the same in food crops and vegetables for protection and its proper growth.  The cost of making these solutions is much cheaper than the pesticides available in the markets. The ingredients used to prepare INM/INM are locally available in abandons an in most cases it is free of cost, as a result these initiatives by the community members are not only reducing their dependency on market but also saving good amount of money for the family.

Training programme on Nutrition Garden for adolescent girls and women farmers: Each village was given separately which was kept in Anganwadi in villages. Women and adolescents girls from each village participated in the trainings C.Es are came to give this training. C.Es explained to the Participants whatis the   nutrition garden, what its benefits are and how to create a nutrition garden. With this, C.E showed the participants which vegetables should be planted in this nutrition garden according to the season and which fruit trees should be there.

Trainings on governance and schemes related to agriculture, FNS and livelihoods. : The main objective of organizing this training program was to provide information on various government health schemes and supporting documents required while applying for a particular scheme and also to provide direct and correct information about the scheme to the community and remove obstacles in the process of availing.

Trainings on sustainable crop management and food diversity: In which C.E explained about understanding about agriculture, what are its types, with this, C.E came to understand that the best way to cultivate is organic farming. What is the significance of this method of farming? In the same way, the government has stated the benefits of farming in this way. Organic farming improves the soil and the grains cooked in it are free from chemicals, which can prevent the spread of disease

Demo Gram Sabha in villages: The main objective of the training was to make the village people understand the rules and constitution of how a Gram Sabha is convened and where government officials are present. Trainer said that what kind of questions could be discussed in the gram Sabha and played a role on how the Gram Sabha should be held. He put all his efforts to make them understand the topic in very distinct and clear terms. Organizing Demo Gram Sabha meetings have motivated project participants to attend such meetings. During the reporting period big number of project participants took part in the Gram Sabha meeting and put forward their issue of concerns in writings, and of the of the concerns have been considered by the Gram Panchayats.