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Kamla goes to work without worrying

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Kamla lives in Tekra village. She has three young children. Her husband passed away about two years ago. After his death, Kamla Devi had to look after her family on her own therefore she decided to work at the MGNREGA site near her village.
It was challenging for her to look after three young children and manage her job at the same time. She then came to know about the Balwadi run by Seva Mandir in her village. She enrolled her children in the balwadi. Kamla Devi’s children were physically very weak. The Sanchalika noticed it and therefore, took them to a nearby Primary Health Centre. With regular monitoring and medicines, today the children are healthy and attend the balwadi regularly. Kamla Devi is very happy at the progress of her children and goes to work every day without worrying about them.

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Kanku is much healthier now

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Kanku a two year old girl from Malariya village in Badgaon block, has a story similar to a number of other children of her age. She was underweight at the time of her birth. At the age of 2 she weighted only 4 kgs. The bal shakhi of the village, Ratan met Kanku’s family as  soon she came to know about her. Ratan spoke to Kanku’s mother and explained to her about the proper feeding practices for her daughter to be healthy.

However after two visits, Ratan found out that Kanku did not show any improvements. She spoke again to all the family members. After much consultation Ratan was able to motivate them to take Kanku to the district hospital for treatment and further advise.

The family members agreed to do so only because Ratan offered to accompany them to the hospital. Kanku was taken to the pediatric division of the district hospital. She was immediately admitted in the malnourishment treatment center. After a week, Kanku was discharged. Ratan did regular follow up on Kanku’s improvements by visiting her family regularly. Gradually her health improved and she began to gain weight. She started laughing, talking and playing a little. Kanku’s parents are very thankful to Ratan for her timely support and persistence on their daughter’s health.

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Gita’s little baby was born

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Gita, a resident of village Pooniyatalai was in the ninth month of her pregnancy. During her check –ups the Trained Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) Tulsi Bai had advise her for an institutional delivery. However, Gita was apprehensive and refused to go to the hospital. She began to have her labor pains at mid night, at around 2 pm. Her family called Tulsi to help. Tulsi immediately called the ambulance to take Gita to a nearby community health center (CHC). But the ambulance could not come to the village due to the bad conditions of the road. Gita accompanied by Tulsi was taken to CHC in Delwara village in a tractor with a lot of difficulty. The doctors refused to help as it was mid night. Tulsi tried to persuade the doctor, but it was of no help. At last she offered to do the delivery herself and then finally one of the nurses at the CHC agreed to assist Tulsi with the delivery. Gita successfully gave birth to a healthy baby.

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Jaruli’s got TT shots

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Jaruli devi stays in the remote Kaucha village of Kotra block.  Her village is very far from the district health center and the local health facilities have much higher than normal rates of worker absenteeism, making access to health care very challenging. Jaruli was in her third pregnancy. In her prior pregnancies, she never got TT immunization, as the government immunization services were not regular in the village. Both the two deliveries were institutional deliveries, but the babies did not survive. During her third pregnancy, she got her antenatal check ups and both the TT shots as Seva Mandir had started an immunization camp in her village. The GNM (General Nurse Midwife) counseled her on nutrition and care during pregnancy, and also encouraged her to take iron folic acid (IFA) tablets, as she was anemic. The GNM continued to check up on her health each month when she visited the village for camp. Jaruli had a safe delivery and, this time, her child survived.

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