Ahmedabad

• Joy fest celebration in Ahmedabad

The JOY OF THE GIVING WEEK was celebrated amongst the children with great gusto and zeal. The IIPM students came together to support the cause. Keeping in mind the educational empowerment of disadvantaged children, we decided not to involve any monetary contribution. Hence, the donations came in kinds of educational toys, stationary etc.

The IIPM students divided them in three groups and visited the communities and practiced and prepared a programme with cultural dances, songs, plays etc.

A total of 80 children participated in the programme. The IIPM children came up with posters and appealing conversations and mouth campaign to mobilize gifts for the children of the learning centers.


• Exposure visit of the IIPM students to Mangal Talav Center

This visit resulted in a list of effective and enthusiastic students who were interested in the voluntary programmes of the center. A visit was planned for the students of IIPM as a part of their course curriculum. A group of 30 students visited the community to get sense of community service. They were briefed about the foundation and were told in detail about the various programmes and activities.

The students came up with brilliant voluntary ideas and showed interest for supporting the children of the center. They also conversed with the staff and the parents of the children and came up with bright solutions of the problems they faced.

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Assam

• Formation of new SHG’s in Dibrugarh Block

Women from the disadvantaged society have always been our prime focus. And with a goal of promoting 100 SHG’s in Assam this year, this September by promoting these 6 new SHG’s we have reached a count of 70 SHG's.

Our SHG’s are now a part of the grading system in the Dibrugarh Block. Our primary focus this month was to provide the SHG’s with bank linkages in order to facilitate them with financial support to start up self employment ventures.

Madhya Pradesh

• Mobile Health Outreach Programme (Guna District, Madhya Pradesh)

This month 7 new health camps were organized, where the main objective was to spread awareness amongst the villagers regarding seasonal diseases, like Malaria, Dengue, H1N1 etc.

We did this by showcasing video clips and movies related to the subject. The audience not only enjoyed the show but learnt the precautions, myths, cures etc related to the diseases.

Cases of Malnutrition patients were also followed up.

• HIV / AIDS Awareness Campaign amongst the truckers at the Agra - Mumbai Highway.

Under the HIV / AIDS Project an STI Clinic has been established in the Guna District to facilicate for testing and counseling, focussing on the tracker comunity. To further promote it, this month we carried out a series of awareness campaigns at various hot-spots along the Agra - Mumbai Highway. Street Plays, Community Mobilization Programme and distribution of leaflets played an important role in the Awareness Campaign.

679 truckers were approached during the campaign for various checkups. Whereas, 79 truckers came by themselves to get related information to clear their doubts for any related problems.

Full time counseling and help was given to all who approached, also a case of HIV positive was referred to the District Hospital.