This initiative focuses on empowering women in remote and tribal areas through targeted
health education, screening, and support programs. It addresses key challenges like maternal
health, menstrual hygiene, anemia, and cancer prevention, serving underserved communities
around Swami Vivekanand Charitable Hospital, Dharmawala and beyond.
Programs Running Under the Project
“बनूँ में स्वस्थ जीवनदाता” – Pregnant Lady Care
“मेरी पहचान (खुद को जाने, खुद को पहचाने)” – Menstrual Hygiene and My Pad Program
“कैंसर से दो कदम आगे – चिकित्सा से सावधानी भली” – Breast and Cervical Cancer Awareness
and Screening Program
Community Health Volunteers
“बनूँ में स्वस्थ जीवनदाता” – Pregnant Lady Care
Program Started: 8th December 2018
Number of pregnant ladies enrolled: 195
Follow-up visits: Once every 10 days (for pregnant ladies and lactating mothers)
Number of Ante Natal Care (ANC) sessions conducted: 64
ANC sessions include:
Pre-test (interactive session)
Video sessions on ANC and Anaemia
ANC education through snake and ladder game
Importance of Iron-rich food, adequate water intake, and lifestyle modifications
Weight check-up
Post-test
Filling up of Health Check-Up card
Support Provided: Total 3,854 IFA tablets and 1,408 Ca tablets distributed
free of cost to pregnant ladies and anaemic adolescent girls by SVCH, Dharmawala.
“मेरी पहचान (खुद को जाने, खुद को पहचाने)” – Menstrual Hygiene and My Pad Program
Program Started: 8th December 2018
Adolescent girls enrolled in “My Pad” program: 1,014
70% of adolescent girls found ignorant of menstrual hygiene awareness (via
questionnaire)
Total sanitary pads distributed: 1,590
Menstrual Hygiene sessions conducted: 86
Adolescent girls started regularly using pads after sessions: 812
Topics covered:
Menstrual Hygiene and use of sanitary pads
Iron-rich food and Anemia
Balanced and Nutritional diet
Food pyramid
Healthy routine, Yoga, exercise, and adequate water intake
“कैंसर से दो कदम आगे – चिकित्सा से सावधानी भली” – Breast and Cervical Cancer Awareness and
Screening
Period: 30th March 2019 – 31st January 2020
Screening Camps conducted: 9
Awareness sessions conducted: 12
Beneficiaries covered: 874
Tribal Villages Covered: 9
Pap smear examinations done: 824
Colposcopy Guided Cervical Biopsy done: 23
Breast Scans done: 51
Breast Light Examination done: 431
Mammography done: 81
Community Health Volunteers
Program Started: 15th May 2019
10 Community Health Volunteers working across 8 tribal villages.
Roles and responsibilities:
Village Household Survey
Conducting yoga sessions in schools and villages
Weekly Health Education Sessions for pregnant ladies and adolescent girls
Daily random house visits to monitor health status
Hospital referral trips with consistent patient follow-up
