As LGWCDC believes in the proverb “Healthy mind in Healthy Body” so from time to time we organise health camps for children and community members. One such dental camp was organised on 26.10.19. Doctors who are members of the Indian Dental association came and did the dental check up.
In order to empower our SHG members a session was held with them on the importance of saving and opening Bank account in their names. In collaboration with State Bank of India accounts were opened for SHG members.
Tuberculosis Health Action Learning Initiative (THALI) is a four-year project (2016-2020), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by a consortium of partners- World Health Partners (WHP), Child In Need Institute (CINI) and John Snow India (JSI). In collaboration with the Government of West Bengal,
LGWCDC believes that Self Help Approach (SHA) is the only way to ensure sustainable community development. A session for community members was arranged at Santoshpur on 22.10.19 to aware them about the SHA. The session was facilitated by SHG and CLA members.
To empower the community an awareness program on social issues like legal rights and entitlements was arranged at 16 Bigha,Santoshpur on 17.10.19.
A sensitization meeting with parents was arranged at Santoshpur Project Unit to emphasize on the importance of education . The meeting was held on 17.10.19 at RG Party Club, Kankhuli.
Children of our Santoshpur Project area frequently suffer from worms and other illness. To make the parents aware and treat the children of their illness a health screening and de-worming camp was organised in association with Rotary on 27.09.19.
In ICDP Project to ensure sustainable community development SHGs have been formed. In one area there are more than 10 SHGs and all the SHGs have set their economic, social and political goals. Many of the SHGs have the same goal so to ensure that their goals are met 2
On 18.9.19 SHG and CLA members of Integrated Community Development Project in Santoshpur under Maheshtala Municipality, Budge Budge prepared low cost nutritious food and distributed to children of the locality as part of observing Nutrition Week.
In our working areas i.e slum communities it has been observed that due to poverty and unmet needs the problem of domestic violence is rampant. Women lack the initiative to curb the violence so frequent sessions on tackling domestic violence is held for the community women . one such session