The
area where we work is in epidemic centre of diseases
like brain malaria, diarrhea, tuberculosis,
jaundice, black fever etc. many precious lives have
been lost due to such terrible sickness. The Chetana
Foundation organizes health camps and seminars for
families to learn precautions and remedies of the
diseases. saving lives is more important than
anything else. Most of the villages do not have
health centers or hospital. In case of serious
illness of the families the Chetana Foundation
through the agent of Mother Groups (SCMG) and social
worker reach out there and if required medical
assistance is given.
Health Care for Children and their
Nutrition :
The
Chetana Foundation is concerned with holistic
development of the Child. Nutritional supplement isone of the basic components of the growth of the
child. The families use some funds from Chetana
Foundation for buying groceries, milk products and
vegetables for their Children. We take initiatives
to make the families aware of the care required for
their children to grow healthy. Children who are
mal-nourished are given extra care with vitamins and
nutritious food.
Health Seminars/Awareness Camp for women :
The
health statistics of rural area continue to be poor,
suffers from various health conditions owing to
mainly two reasons –first the lack of education and
thus lack of awareness; and second the unwillingness
to lose.
To
achieve good health, we strongly emphasize on
prevention, early intervention, rehabilitation and
education, in addition to direct care. Health
education emerged to promote healthy living habits.
Chetana Foundation (CFCA) organizes regular health
seminars in all zones at regular intervals. It is
basically arranged to educate women of the SCMGs
about general health and hygiene. Reputed Doctors
and mainly gynecologists of the area create
awareness on various health topic of health,
particularly issues related to women’s health.
In
order to make it a quality health camp, we provide
free check up and free treatment. Our health camps
for optimum benefit are planned three phase - pre
health camp talk, actual health camp check up, and
post health camp treatment. Doctors and paramedical
staff from renowned government and non-government
medical hospitals examine patients, gave free
medical consultation in areas of general medicine,
dental treatment, Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure
Testing and give valuable talk on public
hygiene and prescribe as well as distribute free
medicines etc for the poor and needy.
Sources of common infections and high risk areas
according to various age groups for which all women
need to take precautions are discussed, and
suggestions are exchanged on how to deal with these
vulnerabilities. Participating women from the
community also share their individual problems with
the doctor.
Every
year about 2500 mothers are benefited from this
program. They get instant clarification about their
doubt on any of the health concerns. Special impetus
is given on the importance of personal hygiene and
clean surroundings as the basic requirement of
healthy lifestyle. Chetana Foundation workers help
rural women on developing healthy habit and
following nutritious diet patterns for achieving
considerable results in health of the members in
each family.
Through Medical Awareness seminar, conducted by CFCA
at regular intervals covering all the Zones and
Sub-projects, many qualified medical personal like
Doctors are involved in this initiative. They
constantly give awareness speeches, informative
lectures, and suggest the necessary medical help or
treatment. Talks on seasonal sicknesses,
Gynecological Problems such as pregnancy related
issues, menstrual problems, menopause and other
issues pertaining to child-birth and child care are
arranged.
Maternal health is one of the major aspects covered
during the workshop, which highlights the dietary
needs of expecting and lactating mothers.
Interactive session with preparation of
demo diet chart etc with active involvement of the
participants has a real impact. The are asked to
make verbal presentation based on their
understanding of the session. These women also
volunteer to share the learning with their neighbors
and peers from the community.
Through an integrated approach, Chetana Foundation
aims at creating a promising impact on the mindsets
of the people. Primary health care fosters creating
awareness, health promotion and disease prevention
along with nutritious diet and personal hygiene.
As CFCA’s efforts are directed towards bringing about a
change that long lasting and ultimately empowering
the individuals in the family, health is a key area
of intervention which encompasses all the age-groups
of the families.The Health camp program for the
community has increased the trust on us and our
work. The people from the sponsored community are
demanding for more such programs.
