Health and Hygiene Program

To tackle rural health and hygiene issues, especially for women, we have also collaborated with Aakar Innovations, a Pune based organisation to lend a hand in their noble endeavour to make a difference in the lives of millions of rural women who cannot afford sanitary napkins in their times of need. We are striving to bring awareness about menstrual hygiene and the importance of the use of sanitary napkins in an eco friendly way, of course, at an affordable cost. To make this partnership stronger, a series of workshops are being conducted at various locations in Sunderban, along with women support groups and our women volunteers to bring awareness about menstrual hygiene by distributing eco friendly sanitary napkins supported by Aakar Innovations.

Highlights

Menstrual hygiene workshop program being organised at our KalahazraEdukids centre at Basanti block in Sundarban attended by 22 adolescent girls and 18 women on 7th August, 2022

Menstrual hygiene workshop being organised at our Taltola, Canning education hub for the adolescent girls and housewives on 11th April, 2022. 20 adolescent girls and 25 housewivesattended this session.

On 9th April, 2022 we also organised a menstrual hygiene workshop in a school for the very first time in South Bishnupur Girls High School at Jaynagar in association with our partner organisation Aakar Innovations. This is the first such program being organised in a High School for adolescent girls.

Menstrual hygiene workshop program organised at the Baliisland in Sundarban on 20th February, 2022 attended by 25 adolescent girls and 15 housewives.

Menstrual hygiene workshop program being organised at Shibganj in Basanti block, Sundarban on 30th January, 2022 attended by 30 adolescent girls and 42 housewives.

Menstrual hygiene workshop program being organised at Satjelia in Gosaba block in Sundarban on 16th January, 2022 attended by 20 adolescent girls and 16 housewives.

Multiple workshops regarding menstrual health are being conducted with rural women in association with Aakar Innovations across Sundarban at various locations like Battali (attended by 42 women), Kamakhyapur (attended by 28 adolescent girls and 20 mothers) Dulki, Gosaba including remote islands in October 2021.

Workshop conducted with rural women regarding menstrual health with support from our partner organisation, Aakar Innovations on 17th August,2021 in Sudhanshupur at Satjelia in Gosaba block,Sunderban.60 women attended this workshop.

Menstrual hygiene workshop program being organised at Satjelia along with 30 rural women in Gosaba block on 6th June, 2021. This workshop being conducted in association with Mukti, where we have focused awareness, proper nutritional requirements for women, practice healthy and hygienic habits and dispel existing superstitions. We have reached out to 155 families in Ramgopalpur and Satjelia and impacted them.

On 6th June, 2021 another workshop being conducted on menstrual hygiene with the local school students (around 35) led by MadhumitaDolui at Satjelia in Gosaba block. After the workshop we distributed environment friendly sanitary pads supported by Mukti and Aakar Innovations to address healthcare issues of rural women.

Menstrual hygiene workshop program being organised with 90 local women at Ramgopalpur in Basanti block on 2nd June, 2021.