The community health and development project of Prem Sewa Hospital Utraula works among the people of Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh. The project facilitates community organization and works towards empowering the poor. It works in 75 villages of Gaindas Bujurg and Utraula block, serving a population of 85,000. The project serves the community through a village-based Reproductive and Child Health Clinic, women self-help groups, adolescent groups, and literacy Groups.
Coverage:
- Location (Blocks, District):
Utraula and Gaindas Buzurg Block of Balrampur.
- Number of villages covered :
75 villages in two blocks
- Total Population covered : 85,000
Key Accomplishments
- 6 women who have been selected as an animators are from the same literacy group.
- Womens group taking responsibility to bring ANc cases to the RCH project clinic.
- Child marriages has been reduced.
- Adolescent became a change agent in the community.
- Self identificaton of women amongs the society has been increased
- Demand of health services coming from the villagers
- financial involvement by the people for programmes
- Close relationship with different sector.
- Life style also being changed.
- Self dependency
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Main activities
Promoting Literacy
Capacity Building
Facilitating saving and low interest credit
Facilitating access to health care
Developing network with other service providers
Pursuing spritual transformation
All patients who visit the RCH clinic are given charity. The literacy centres operating in the villages have students coming from poor and deprived families. Through the self Help groups, people living below poverty line are helped to obtain loans from bank to become self dependent.
Information
Staffs -
Project Officer:
Mr. Vinod Mehta
Project Director:
Dr. R. Joute
Project Staff:
12
Contact Address -
Prem Sewa CHD Project
Utraula,
Balrampur District - 271 604,
Uttar Pradesh
Phone: 05265-252004, 252033
Fax: 05265-252033
Email :
chdutraula@eha-health.org
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