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Project Description
The aim of this health action project is to bring health services to the doorsteps of those not yet reached by modern healthcare, especially to women and children. The activites concentrate on care for pregnant mothers, immunizations for children, life education for adolescent girls and education about water purity and hygiene.
A Disposal Delivery Kit (DDK) is distributed to a pregnant mother Women take an oath of strength and unity at a CHEAP meeting in Kolli Hills The pilot project, initiated at the end of the year 2000 by CST with support from Danida, proved to be a great success. This pilot project covered the rural tribes, living in 14 panchayats (10-20 villages per panchayat) in Kolli Hills, comprising around 46,000 people. After the success of the pilot project, CHEAP was initiated in all ten block areas. CST staff members make the extra effort to be sure they reach all of the people who need them, despite the difficulty of traversing some terrains to the villages and the limited access to communication links. The most prominent operational tasks of CST are to link the workers from the village Self-Help Groups (SHGs) with the local government health network to create a stronger health care system. CST is committed to putting health on the agenda of the SHGs.
A tribal honor is showed to DANIDA A folk health dramatization at Koothu, Kolli Hills The activities that CST coordinates, especially on the SHG level are:
Village Health Networking Registration of Ante-Natal Care Mothers Immunization Medical Camps for the distribution of DDK (for Safe Delivery), ORS (Oral Rehydration Salt), FST (iron supplement) and goiter control measures Women's Health Action Committee Meeting Health education through creating awareness of the need to boil drinking water, emphasis on personal hygiene and on hygiene at school Health dramatizations to create awareness Life education for adolescent girls Referral training Danida, a Danish health agency, has partnered with CST to support CHEAP financially and technically for the period of one year. This partnership has formed a tight and successful program with great results, and has been very encouraging for CST.
Social Worker Latha, Director G. George, Danida's Dr. E. Larsson, Nurse Papaye Dr. E. Larsson with a child in the village
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." --Abraham Lincoln