Health and Environment
Health awareness-related activities have always been the first priority of the organization. SSKK has initiated and successfully implemented the various programs into the field to raise awareness and educate the community for their own health, such as:
Targeted Intervention National AIDS Control Program (NACP)
- Need Assessment/ Mapping of AIDS
- Vatsayan Kendra
- School AIDS Awareness Education Program
- Volunteering Counselling and Testing Centre
- One-year Ration kit support to HIV+ Families
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Drinking-Water Demonstration
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Health Camps
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National Awareness Campaign on Environment
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Follow up on CLEAN Amreli, FE program, and Water filter plant
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Dialogue with farmers on Bio-Diversity
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Total sanitation campaign
- For the protection against pesticides used at farms, we do regular dialogues with farmers and farm laborers to use PPE Kit and other protection tools
1. Dental Hygiene Program:
Oral health issues are significant in India since the country has one of the highest rates of oral cancer in the world. Dental diseases in India are result of factors such as poor oral hygiene, tobacco use and sugary diet. Additionally, the lack of awareness and the importance of dental health in India leads to the prevalence of dental health issues.
To spread awareness of oral health care and to provide dental check-up camps at the community doorstep, supported by American India Foundation and Dr. Nammy Patel, Dental Hygiene Program was implemented in the year 2020-2021 and focuses on facilitating affordable, accessible, and equitable oral health care in Amreli district of Gujarat.
Its key interventions included dental hygiene awareness campaigns with Anganwadi and school children in partnership with ICDS and schools, dental Bal-melas and dental check-up camps in government primary and secondary schools, and preventive and primary curative dental camps for community members.
- The partnership project created dental hygiene awareness and dental check-ups among 3007 children and 3527 community members to support their preventive and primary curative dental treatments in Amreli district by covering 40+ villages.
2. COVID Support
The world witnessed COVID pandemic in the years 2020 and 2021 and with this, the world witnessed horrible crises in health and the economy. The effect of COVID-19 started in India with the lockdown in March 2020, and the team SSKK started to find a way to reach the people who needed care and support.
- PPE kit, Mask, Face shields, Hand gloves, Thermal gun, Oximeter and PPE Kits for the staff
- Mask, sanitizer, and ration kit distribution at the time of the COVID pandemic
- Facilitated transportation of Migrant workers to their native place
- 4794 insurance policies have been taken by the CottonConnect and BCI/IDH where farmers and BCI program staff was covered
3. The journey of youth living in leprosy colony: Microfinance and Entrepreneurship
The basic objective was to help the Leprosy families and their current generation who are victims of this disease. With this we aimed to raise the source of livelihood according to their needs.
With the support of the Sasakawa India Leprosy Foundation, SSKK implemented this program from the year 2013 to 2018.
Throughout these years….
- Five youths from Junagadh Leprosy Colony were trained for Shamiyana and Mandap decoration works.
- Five women from Bhavnagar Leprosy Colony were trained in sewing and ready-made clothes business.
- With this initiative and entrepreneurship training, the identity of this family had been created in society, and society accepted them as well.
- This resulted in an increase in business and in an increase in income that was from 4 to 7 lakhs. Junagadh Leprosy Colony had given a loan of 2.05 lakhs from the government to establish mandap services, and seven families were fed with this business.
- Continuous training and motivation were provided by team SSKK, and through Leprosy Colony, Junagadh, a total asset of Rs.13.00 lakhs was created by the business of Mandap Service.
Environment
Collaboration in season 20-21 with Manav Sadhna Gandhi Aashram – Ahmedabad