Stories Of Change

Accessible, Affordable & Quality Healthcare

Jharkhand and Bihar

This project was introduced during the COVID-19 lockdown period to ensure that quality and timely healthcare is provided to the rural communities of Jharkhand and Bihar, who are often cut off from good healthcare facilities. Thus far, a Telemedicine app has been successfully launched to connect rural folks with the best doctors at the earliest, and to date, 351 people have been benefitted via this app. Along with this, community radio has also been started which broadcasts health-related information & facts and enhances their knowledge not only on health but on other current world news. Based on the need and request from the District Administration in Jharkhand, the team has set up a Health Help Desk at the District Hospital of Koderma, Jharkhand. This simple desk will provide critical information about the hospital premises, and help people with immunization information and other information to facilitate a pleasant experience and visit.

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Health and nutrition – construction of a school canteen

Bengaluru| Karnataka

A nutritious and healthy meal is the most important requirement for a child along with clean water. But to ensure all of this we need a clean and hygienic place for providing these meals, so this project’s aim was to strengthen and renovate the canteen at the Government Higher Primary School in Nelamangala Taluk, Karnataka. The canteen is fully equipped with tap water facilities for hand wash and to ensure hygiene practices. The canteen at the school will feed 127 children from 20 different villages with clean, healthy, and hygienic means. Apart from this, Hand in Hand’s health team also conducts various programs to create awareness about the best health, hygiene, and nutrition practices among the children as well as the teachers of the school.

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Tackling the Second Wave of COVID-19

Mudichoor ,Cengalpattu | Tamil Nadu

Timely humanitarian support during the second wave of COVID-19 in India was the most imperative and necessary action. Hence, to meet the growing demands, this project was implemented to support our Green Friends by providing them with protective materials, food ration kits, and boxes that would help them tide over the dire phase of the pandemic when people's grocery shops were overwhelmed or open only for a short period. Provisions worth INR 1,000 each was distributed to 1,000 Green Friends working across the eight project locations in India. The COVID relief materials also helped them save money for personal needs as many are sole breadwinners for their families. Another initiative of the project involved the launching of a battery-operated vehicle at the Chengalpattu Government Hospital in Tamil Nadu. This vehicle would ferry the sick and vulnerable patients across the 350-acre hospital campus and help them reach their locations on time without hassle. There were also various awareness activities conducted about vaccination and immunization against the virus.

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Promoting Education through a Child Friendly Village

Kaliyampoondi | Tamil Nadu

The project focuses on creating a child-friendly village by upgrading and supporting the government school infrastructure, ensuring all children have access to high-quality education. In 2021, a new Children Learning Centre (CLC) has been established which educates 27 vulnerable rural children. CLCs provide a platform for children to continue their education and stay in touch with the basic concepts of Maths, English, and Tamil. The classes are conducted by adorning to all the COVID-19 safety norms and the children are provided with face masks and sanitizers to the children. Some of the key activities of the program include training on Child Rights and Acts to 245 adolescent girls as well as distribution of sports materials to 511 students at Govt. Higher Secondary School, Kaliyampoondi. Focusing on empowering girl children, 15 girls were encouraged to take up Karate as a sport, and uniforms were distributed to them.

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A Thriving Future Ahead

Mandav Hills | Madhya Pradesh

The lives of Priya, Preeti, Sangita, and Ishika completely changed when they had an opportunity to study at one of the Residential Schools run by Hand in Hand. Yet this was not how their stories began. The girls belong to a Scheduled Tribe community and hail from Mandav Hills, Madhya Pradesh. Having always dreamt of attaining a good education, the financial situation of the families prevented them from acquiring this dream and they eventually resorted to Child labour to help the parents which kept them away from education. It was during one of the routine field visits that the team noticed the girls working instead of being in school. They immediately approached the parents and urged them to enrol the girls in an all-paid for residential school and motivated the families to educate the girls and help them achieve their dreams. After a 2 year program at the RSTC, the girls were mainstreamed into Government schools in the district where they proved to be excellent in their studies. Thanks to the efforts of the team who counselled the parents the girls are now on a thriving path to accomplish their dreams.

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