About the Project
Reproductive & Child Health Check-up Camp
The Reproductive and Child Health Check-up Camp focuses on providing a platform for reproductive and child health-related check-ups and awareness at the community level. The camp brings health-related activities closer to the people and creates an opportunity for community members to participate in health check-up services.
Through such field-level health initiatives, Saraswati Sevabhavi Sanstha engages directly with communities and supports activities focused on reproductive and child health. The photographs from the camp document the participation of community members and the health-related activities carried out during the initiative.
The initiative reflects the organisation’s grassroots approach, where community-level engagement and direct interaction are important components of its development work
Project Information
PROJECT TYPE
Health & Community Development
FOCUS AREA
Reproductive & Child Health
ACTIVITY
Health Check-up Camp
APPROACH
Community-Level Engagement
Project Gallery
Community-Level Engagement
The survey and health check-up initiative focuses on direct engagement with migrant sugarcane workers at the community level. Field-based interaction provides an opportunity to connect with workers, understand their circumstances and document information through a systematic survey process. Alongside the survey activity, health check-ups provide an important opportunity for workers to participate in health-related activities within the community.
Working directly with migrant workers allows the organisation to engage with a community that is often mobile because of seasonal employment. Community-level activities such as surveys and health check-ups create opportunities for direct interaction and help bring attention to the needs and circumstances of workers at the field level.
The photographs associated with this project document different moments from the survey and health check-up activities. They provide a visual representation of the organisation’s grassroots engagement and its field-level interaction with migrant sugarcane workers
Our Approach
Direct Engagement
Connecting directly with migrant sugarcane workers through field-level interaction and community engagement.
Community Survey
Conducting survey activities to document information and understand the circumstances of migrant workers.
Health Check-up
Supporting health check-up activities as part of the community-level engagement with workers.
Migrant Workers
Focusing field-level engagement on migrant sugarcane workers and their community-level needs.
Our work impact
Mother and Child Health
- Number of villages-28, Families-5310, Population-32941
- 2940 pregnant mothers, whose health was below the WHO criteria, were improved.
- HB levels were increased from an average of 7 to 12g/dL.
- The pregnant mother’s weight was gained to the recommended levels between 11.5 to 16 kilograms.
- The Colostrums feeding of new babies increased from 65% to 96%.
- The consumption of nutritious food by pregnant and lactating mothers increased from 70% to 94%.
- The percentage of family using feeding safe and pure drinking water to babies increased from 65% to 90%.
Agriculture&Livelihood
- Districts Covered- 3, Villages Covered-468, Families Covered-43287, Approximate Population covered- 216435 persons.
- 21000 families improved their income through agriculture support from on average Rs 3700 per month to Rs 12000 per month.
- 15,000 farmers are practicing Organic Farming from one 12000 hectare and approximately 4500 hectare were brought under horticulture plantation.
- Approximately 45000 hectare land was brought under the cultivation of pulses
- Approximately 3312 families migration were stopped in the last 5 years, through agriculture and livelihood support.
Environment
- Approximately 12,000 hectares of land in the watershed are afforested, and the same land's soil erosion has been stopped.
- More than 3500 wells deepened and restored for various purposes in approximately 250 villages, water reservoirs desalted. 5 villages made drought-free villages.
SELF HELP GROUPS
- 384 women Self Help Groups were formed and 120 SHGs received loans from banks. Around 170 women started microenterprises, such as pulses sorting, chili powder, small poultry, etc. Because of 170 micro enterprises started by women, the women stopped migrating, thereby securing the exploitation of their children.
Child Education and Sexual Abuse Villages Covered- 450, Districts-13
- Approximately 4,500 drop-out children restored in mainstream schooling.
- Approximately 300 child labourers rescued and approximately 478 Child marriages stopped.
- Approximately 197 Child Sexual Abuse Survivors Supported.
- Around 8 lakhs took part in that they won't conduct any child marriage and would not support and attend child marriages.
- 333 tribal children in the tribal areas are continuing education in Chhattisgarh.
