Karuna-Shechen bi-annual report 2014

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HALF YEARLY REPORT

2014

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CONTENTS PAGE NO.

Main Activities and Achievements 3

Introduction 5

Health

An Overview of Medical Activities 6

Access to Primary Healthcare in Urban Area: Shechen Medical Centre in Bodhgaya, Bihar

9

Mobile Clinics 12

Medical Camps

15

Health Education Program (HEP)

17

Education

Early Childcare and Development 20

Non-Formal Education (NFE) 21

Social

Kitchen Garden

23 Vocational Training 24

small money BIG CHANGE 25

Networking with local NGOs

26

Environment

BodhGaya Clean Environment, Hygiene and Sanitation Program

27 Rainwater Harvesting 28

Solar Electricity

29

Other Events and Activities

Activity Progress in Jharkhand 30

Field work and Project study by Magadh University Students 30

Finances 31

Upcoming Activities 32

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MAIN ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS

Health

35,362 Patients availed the healthcare services of our OPD (Outreach Patients

Department), Mobile Clinics and Medical Camps.

3634 medical tests were conducted in our pathology laboratory.

4477 Sanitary napkins were distributed

A Menstrual Health and Hygiene Educational session was conducted at Project

Kanya school in Bodhgaya.

Education

We have started our new programme- The role of play in the life of a child: A way

to contribute to children well-being and healthy development’ in Gopalkhera,

Chando, Dema and Banahi.

We have started our own informal schools for young children at Dema and

Masuribar

We have started providing newspapers to NFE centres to update the student son

important news events. The papers are later used by the students to make paper

bags.

Social

Under the ‘small money BIG CHANGE’ program we are digging ponds in the

villages of Bhupnagar and Dema

1922 households have received vegetable seeds for their Kitchen Gardens

657 OPD patients have received vegetable seeds for their Kitchen Gardens

We have made a Kitchen Garden Demonstration Field cum Nursery on a land

within premises of anon-functional NGO near BodhGaya town

We have also started plant nurseries in 11 villages where 11 people, chosen from

the village communities for the purpose, are undertaking the responsibility of

looking after the nurseries.

The first session of Computer Training for the youth came to a close with 35

students passing out and a new session was started in March with 55 students.

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Environment

We have planted 100 trees along the road in front of our OPD

We have distributed food covers among 21 vendors at Gaya railway station

We are in the process of giving out 100 food boxes made of steel and glass to

interested food vendors and shop-owners in the towns of Bodhgaya and Gaya

We have installed Rainwater Harvesting system in 5 households in Banahi, 13 in

Dema along with schools at Dema , Gopalkhera and Lohjhara

60 Solar sets were installed in the villages of Bhupnagar, Dema, Mansidih,

Lohjhara and Karhara

Jute bags were distributed among local people in order to reduce the rampant use

of plastics

Other Events and Activities

We have signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with two local

organisations in Jharkhand; Cause for Change and Dhad Disham Vikas Sangha

(DDVS)

We will start our Mobile Clinic activities in Jharkhand from August/September

13 final year post-graduate students of Rural Management and Development

department, Magadh University conducted field work in our operational villages,

taking as case study, one of our programs for their Masters Project work

A socio-economic survey was conducted in all our 18 villages.

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In the first half of 2014 we have focused on several new initiatives in all four areas of our

intervention; Health, Education, Environment and Social.

With the objective of reaching out to disadvantaged communities beyond Gaya district we have

launched a third Mobile Clinic in 4 villages across the districts of Jenhanabad, Nawada and

Aurangabad. Under the Health Education program we have started Menstrual Health awareness

sessions in schools with the aim of disseminating information about proper menstrual hygiene and

health practices. A new Educational project, ‘the role of play in the life of a child: A way to

contribute to children well-being and healthy development’, launched in January , aims at physical,

mental, cognitive and social development of 0- 6 years of children through the introduction of

indoor and outdoor games at Anganwadi centres. The program has been started as a pilot in 4

villages namely, Gopalkhera, Chando, Dema and Banahi. Looking at the grim primary education

scenario in rural schools of Bihar we have opened two schools (at Dema and Masuribar) for young

children who neither go to Anganwadi centres nor to primary schools. The objective is to provide a

strong grounding in academics and co-curricular activities through informal education. With the

intention of encouraging the sale of hygienic food items we distributed free food covers amongst

vendors at Gaya railway station early this year. We are now in the process of giving out food boxes

for keeping edible items covered from dust and germs to interested food vendors and shopkeepers

at 50% subsidized rates. In a bid to promote environment-friendly beautification of the town we

have started planting trees along both sides of the road in front of our Bodhgaya office/OPD. We

have successfully planted 100 trees till now and intend to plant 300-400 more in the following

months. Another initiative in the area of Environment has been the installation of 60 LED solar sets

across Bhupnagar, Dema, Mansidih, Lohjhara and Karhara. The second computer training session

began in March with 55 enthusiastic youths hailing from poor communities after all 35 students

enrolled in the first session passed the written and practical examinations with good scores.

Seasonal vegetable seeds have been distributed among 1922 households across 18 villages. We

have also started giving out free seeds to interested patients at OPD and till now 657 individuals

have been benefited this way. Besides, we have opened a Kitchen Garden demonstration field cum

nursery near BodhGaya with the intention of encouraging and reviving the usage of traditional

seeds.

The first half of 2014 has been very rewarding in terms of the new ventures as also the successful

operation of the programs that have already been running. This report gives the details of all the

programs and the various activities and events that have taken place in the course of the past 6

months.

INTRODUCTION HEALTH

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AN OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL ACTIVITIES

OPD, Mobile Clinics and Medical Camps

35,362 needy people availed healthcare services of our OPD, Mobile Clinics and Medical Camps.

New patients (for OPD and Mobile Clinics) constituted12,180 people ( 35.46% of total number of

patients at OPD and Mobile Clinics).

Table 1: Total Number of Patients at OPD, Mobile Clinics and Medical Camps

Month OPD Mobile Clinics Medical

Camps

Total

January 2613 3240 0 5853

February 2384 3075 513 5459

March 2668 3071 502 5739

April 2474 2545 0 5019

May 2573 2649 0 5222

June 2966 4089 0 7055

Total 15,678 18,669 1015 35,362

January February March April May June

2613 2384 2668 2474 2573

2966 3240 3075 3071

2545 2649

4089

0 513 502

0 0 0

Number of Patients at OPD, Mobile Clinics and Medical Camps

OPD Mobile Clinics Medical Camps

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From the above graph and table we observe that for every month the Mobile Clinics have

registered slightly greater number of patients than OPD, which may be due to an increasing

number of patients from satellite villages. In June Mobile Clinic registered a sharp rise in the

total number of patients due to the introduction of our Third Mobile Clinic that month.

Medical Camps, conducted in the months of February and

March registred above 500 patients at each camp.

The number of patients refered to PHC & Government Hospitals was 114 ( 0.32% of total

patients).

Table 2: Total Number of Patients Referred to PHC and Government Hospitals

Months OPD Mobile Clinics Medical Camps

Total

January 0 5 0 5

February 5 1 29 35

March 6 1 24 31

April 3 1 0 4

May 3 1 0 4

June 17 18 0 35

Total 34 27 53 114

18,122 patients (51.25 % of total patients treated) were treated “Free of Cost” (Pregnant

women, children and aged people above 60 years). In other words, more than half the total

number of patients visiting OPD, Mobile Clinics and Medical Camps did not even have to pay the

minimal registration fee (INR 20) for their health check-up.

Direct Observed Therapy (DOT)

Out of 3634 medical tests conducted in our pathology laboratory 265 were Sputum tests (for

Tuberculosis). Out of these the number of people who were diagnosed with TB was 8. Currently,

the total number of TB patients undergoing treatment is 103.

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Table 3: Details of DOT Program

January February March April May June Total

Number of TB patient’s started medicine

3 4 4 5 3 4 23

Number of sputum tests conducted

34 33 58 56 46 38 265

Sputum Positive 1 0 2 0 2 3 8

Refer TB Patients 3 2 2 2 3 3 15

Completed TB Medicine 7 3 11 2 1 4 28

Types of Diseases observed among Patients in OPD and Mobile Clinics

The following table gives us information about the various types of diseases observed among the

patients:

Table 4: Types of Diseases

Types of Diseases Total

Diarrohea/children 108

Diarrhoea / dysentery adults 546

Amoebiasis 963

Typhoid 5

TB 363

Gynecological patient 1327

Bone & joints patients 9097

Burn patient 98

Worm manifestation 31

Skin diseases of all kinds 2972

Ophthalmologic infections 8

Number of identify malnourished children

11

Cardiac Infection 2

HTN 1883

Diabetes 262

Asthma & COPD 972

Cough & Cold 6322

Epilepsy 122

ENT patient 859

Lymphadenopathy 19

I&D Dressing 251

Other Patients 8044

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The table and graph show that the most common health problems observed among our patients

were Bone and Joint Pain, Cough and Cold, Skin diseases and hypertension.

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The total number of patients at our Medical centre in BodhGaya in this quarter was 15,768, 108 %

higher than that registered in the January-June 2013 period (7596), of which 6286 (representing

39.87% of total patients at OPD) were new.

Table 5: Details of Patients in OPD


Total Patients 2613 2384 2668 2474 2573 2966 15678

New Patients 1068 911 1089 968 1039 1211 6286

Men 712 608 697 679 650 684 4030

Women 1283 1187 1342 1224 1313 1442 7791

Children 618 589 629 571 610 840 3857


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2668 2474 2573

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Men Women Children

4030

7791

3857

Men, Women and Children at OPD

Men 26%

Women 50%

Children 24%

Men, Women and Children at OPD

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all the months registered more than 2400 patients. We observe that the month of June had the

highest number, which can be attributed to the commencement of monsoons when people become

susceptible to water-borne diseases and various infections.

The above graphs show that majority of the patients at our OPD are women and children (74%).

Pathology Laboratory

Total number of patients who came for different medical tests was 1357 and total analysis done

was 3634. The number of patients and tests are different because one patient may go for several

tests.

Table 6: Types of Medical Tests conducted in our Laboratory

Types of Medical Tests Conducted

Total Number of Tests

TC/DC 533

ESR 489

HB% 446

Malaria 117

Uric Acid 104

Blood Sugar 474

Serum Blirubin 66

AFB (Sputum test) 265

ECG 39

Urine routine examination 164

Urine culture sensitivity test 98

Other Tests 839

Total 3634

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From the above table and graph we see that the highest number of medical tests conducted are

TC/DC, ESR, Blood Sugar, HB% and AFB (Sputum Test).

MOBILE CLINIC

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Types of Medical Tests

TC/DC

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Uric Acid

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Serum Blirubin

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ECG

Urine routine examination

Urine culture sensitivity test

Other Tests

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In the past 6 months 18,669 patients came for the consultations to our mobile clinics, which is

156.23% higher than the number registered for Jaunary-June, 2013 period (7286). We have closed

our mobile clinic services to Sripur from June as these villages are not far from our OPD and the

villagers can easily come over for check-up, when required. Our outreach services have been

extended to the neighbouring districts of Nawada, Aurangabad and Jehanabad with the launch of a

third Mobile Clinic in May. It is providing healthcare services to the disadvantaged communities in

the villages of Bardaha and Sitamari in Nawada, Salaiya in Aurangabad and Makpa in Jehanabad.

Out of 18,669 patients 5894 (31.57%) were new The total patients who were treated Free of

Registration Charge (Pregnant women, children and aged people above 60 years) in the Mobile

Clinic was 9901 (53.03 % of the total patients at mobile clinics).

Table 7: Details of Mobile Clinic Patients


Total Patients 3240 3075 3071 2545 2649 4089 18669

New Patients 1098 879 779 653 898 1587 5894

Number of Patients from Satellite Villages

2347 2232 2253 1852 1695 2539 12918

Men 909 849 1758 757 741 1119 6133

Women 1647 1571 3218 1257 1396 2101 11190

Children 684 655 1339 531 512 869 4590


3240 3075 3071 2545 2649

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Total Patients at OPD

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As observed from Table 7 majority of the patients, 12,918 (69.19 % of total patients at

Mobile Clinics) come from the satellite villages surrounding the one where our outreach

medical team pays regular visits.

The above graph shows that apart from the months on April and May the Mobile Clinics

have registered more than 3000 patients with the highest number recorded in June when

the third Mobile Clinic was launched. The plausible reason for comparatively low patient

turnout in the two months was the scorching summer heat.

The graphs clearly show that, like that in the OPD, here too women and children form majority of

the patients (72%).

Men Women Children

6133

11,190

4590

Men, Women and Children at Mobile Clinics

28%

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Men, Women and Children at Mobile Clinics

Men Women Children

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MEDICAL CAMPS

Free Medical Camps for the underserved and needy people were organised in BodhGaya in the

months of February and March where 1015 patients availed our medical services with more than

500 patients registered at each camp.

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Table 8: Details of Medical Camp Patients

February March Total

Total Patients 513 502 1015

Men 214 157 371

Women 187 196 383

Children 112 149 261

From the above table and graphs we see that, just like in OPD and Mobile Clinics, at medical camps

too women and children for majority of the patients (64%).

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Percentage of Men, Women and Children at Medical Camps

Men Women Children

Men Women Children

214 187

112 157

196 149

Men, Women and Children at Medical Camps

February March

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HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME (HEP)

A woman with sanitary napkin packs Community Health Meeting

Our Health Education Program continues to serve rural communities in Gaya district, with a special

focus on reproductive health and related menstrual hygiene. In order to make our program more

effective we have hired a female Village Coordinator to better reach out to women and girls

through HEP.

Table 9: Some Details of HEP

Indicators

Total Households reached 1,285

Total Families reached 1,936

Total Number of Health Groups

77

Total Number of Members in Health Groups

332

Total Number of Home Visits by Village Coordinators 1,713 Total Number of Home Visits by Motivators 3,768

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The number of home visits by our Village Coordinators and Motivators, number of

families/households imparted with education on health-related matters, and number of Health

Groups formed for the effective running of HEP vividly put across the sincere efforts of the

organisation towards the program.

Table 10: Reproductive and Child Health

Indicators

Total Number of Sanitary Napkins distributed 4477

Percentage of Pregnant Women Followed-up by Village Coordinators and

Motivators 91.88

Percentage of Pregnant women immunized with TT1& TT2 81.42

Percentage of Pregnant Women having Institutional Delivery 66.96

Percentage of new-born children immunized with BCG and 1st DPT 65.58

Percentage of Neo-natal deaths 0

The achievements of Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) component of HEP can be gauged from

the large number of sanitary napkins distributed among the interested beneficiaries, high

percentages of pregnant women followed-up by our village coordinators and immunised with

required vaccinations, an increase in the number of women taking to institutional delivery and no

neo-natal deaths recorded in the past 6 months.

Table 11: Number of Sanitary Napkin Packets distributed

Months OPD Mobile Clinics

Medical Camps

Total

January 177 695 0 872

February 158 586 102 846

March 108 613 135 856

April 84 440 0 524

May 125 685 0 810

June 159 410 0 569

Total 811 3429 237 4477

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4477 packs of sanitary napkins have reached menstruating population who cannot afford the

branded napkins available in the markets. In all 6 months we notice that the napkins distributed in

the villages have been much higher than those in OPD and Medical Camps in Bodhgaya town. The

reason being that apart from the medical team, our motivators, who themselves are members of the

village communities, sell the napkins.

In a bid to reach more disadvantaged population who do not have access to proper menstrual

protection we have started a new initiative to conduct educational sessions at schools and colleges

on menstrual health and hygiene matters. In the month of May we organised our first such day-long

program at Project Kanya school. As a part of this activity we envisage installing Sanitary napkin

vending machines and incinerators at girls schools and colleges in towns of Gaya and Bodhgaya.

... Community Awareness Program on Reproductive and Menstrual Health have been conducted in

.... villages with ... participants


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OPD Mobile Clinics Medical Camps

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EARLY CHILDCARE AND DEVELOPMENT

Recognising the vital role of play in the social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills development of a child we have introduced our new programme, ‘Role of play in the life of a child: A way to contribute to children well-being and healthy development’ in collaboration with Inter’Lude, France. The program, launched at the beginning of the year, is aimed at the children in Anganwadi centres. This pilot project is running in 4 villages (Gopalkhera, Chando, Banahi and Dema) where we have supplied Anganwadis with various indoor and outdoor games for the children.

The grounding of the program began with a day-long training session organised for select staff members of our organisation, Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) of the blocks where the four villages belong and Anganwadi Workers of those villages. The training was imparted by a volunteer from Inter’Lude who worked with us on this program till April, and our Director In this interactive training, the participants learnt about the importance of play in a child’s growth; the objectives, methods and expected outcomes of our program.

EDUCATION

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This project is running successfully under regular monitoring by the village coordinators. Games, toys and other materials required for its smooth functioning are provided to the Anganwadi centres from time to time as per their needs.

In the State of Bihar where 95% of the schools are located in the rural areas, elementary education presents a very grim picture. Plagued by poor infrastructure and high teacher absenteeism these schools not only dissuade a large number of rural children from enrolling in primary education but also increase the dropout rates.

In order to provide a strong educational foundation that the primary schools often fail to provide we have launched informal schools in Masuribar and Dema. Our objective is the all-round development of young children who neither go to Anganwadi centres nor attend primary schools through free educational and co-curricular activities like Yoga.

NON-FORMAL EDUCATION (NFE)

An NFE instructor reading out news to the students NFE students making Paper bags from old newspapers

Our NFE program is running successfully in the villages. We have introduced newspaper reading to raise awareness about the various events happening around us. At Banahi we have taught the students to make paper bags using old newspapers and will be teaching this vocation at our other NFE centres in the coming months. This will not only improve their livelihood opportunities but also promote the use of environment-friendly alternatives like paper bags to plastics.

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In the second quarter NFE classes at Bandha, Nawatari and Kadal were temporarily dissolved due

to poor and irregular attendance. The average attendance of the rest of the centres is provided in

the table below:

Table 12: NFE Attendance details

Name of Villages Number of Students enrolled in NFE

Average Attendance in NFE classes for Q1

Average Attendance in NFE classes for Q2

Banahi 30 15 15

Dema 30 25 16

Gopalkhera 30 11 16

Lohjara 30 14 12

Mansidih 31 12 8

Sripur 30 12 12

Mastibar 25 10 12

J.P.Nagar 28 10 8

Kharati 18 16 10

Karhara 60 30 30

Trilokapur 21 10 6

Bhupnagar 25 15 15

Total 358 180 160

Despite the scorching summers, the harvest season and various festivities the average attendance

for the past 6 months has been close to 50% at 47.49%. This clearly brings out the success of the

NFE program in attracting and retaining students.

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KITCHEN GARDEN

Vegetable seeds continue to be distributed among villagers growing Kitchen Gardens under the

sustained guidance and monitoring of our organisation. 1,972 households have been provided free

vegetable seeds for undertaking Kitchen Gardening in their backyards, which is a 98% increase

compared to the June-December 2013 period (996 households). This brings across the growing

success of the program through a surging interest generated among the villagers who have been

witness to the benefits reaped by those growing kitchen garden with our support. We have started

a new initiative under this program where plant nurseries have been formed in 11 villages.

With the objective to produce healthy seeds for better kitchen gardens and to revive the use of

traditional seeds for cultivation we have opened a Kitchen Garden Demonstration Field cum

Nursery at Amwan, near Bodhgaya town where we have grown brinjal and green chillies plants and

will be growing other vegetables and fruits in the coming months.

We have also started distributing seeds among interested OPD patients and thus, have reached out

to 657 patients.

SOCIAL

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VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH & WOMEN

Computer Courses for the Underprivileged Youth

Issuing certificates to the first batch of Computer students

The first session of our 6 months computer training got over in March with all 35 students, enrolled in

the program, passing with good grades. All of them were issued score sheets for their written and

practical examinations along with Certificates of successful Course completion. The second session of

computer training was started soon after with 55 enthusiastic students.

Vocational Training for Rural Women

The women who had attained advanced training in candle-making in Jamshedpur last year conducted

refresher and advanced training on candle-production and marketing to NFE students at Banahi,

Gopalkhera, Bandha, Nawatari and Dema.

We are preparing the ground for conducting vocational training workshops similar to the ones

organised last year. One of the vocations that will be taught is Mushroom Cultivation, training for which

will be given by one of our local partners at Jharkhand, Dhad Disham Vikas Sangha (DDVS).

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SMALL MONEY BIG CHANGE

Under our Community Planned-Community Managed program, small money BIG CHANGE we are

digging ponds at Dema and Bhupnagar, both of which face serious dearth of water facilities,

especially during the scorching summers when the ponds and wells dry up.

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NETWORKING WITH OTHER LOCAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

(NGOS)

The scale and scope of developmental challenges requires that all organisations sharing similar

mission and goal work collectively towards the realisation of their common aspirations. With the

aim of forming a network of like-minded humanitarian organisations we have compiled the

detailed information about NGOs (a total of 98 functioning NGOs) working in Gaya district.

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BODHGAYA CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, HYGIENE AND SANITATION PROGRAM

With the pledge to promote eco-friendly beautification of the town we have taken the initiative to

plant trees along the road in front of our office/OPD and have till now planted 100 trees. In the

following months we intend to plant 300-400 trees.

In order to reduce the indiscriminate use of bio-non degradable plastics we have been distributing

Jute bags to each of our patients, our NFE students, staff and schools in our operational villages. We

have been able to give away 4427 bags in the past 6 months.

ENVIRONMENT

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We have given free food covers to 21 vendors selling food at Gaya station and are now in the process of distributing 100 food boxes made of steel and glass to interested food vendors and shop-owners in the towns of Bodhgaya and Gaya. These boxes, that we have purchased at whole price of INR 7,000 each and whose market value is much higher at INR 11,000 per box, will be distributed at 50% subsidised rates to the target beneficiaries.

RAINWATER HARVESTING

Our programme on Rainwater Harvesting which was started at the end of last year continues with

water tanks being installed in 36 households across 4 villages (Dema-18 households, Chando-11,

Karhara-2 and Banahi-5). Besides, schools at Dema , Gopalkhera and Lohjhara have also set up

rainwater harvesting system for the benefit of the students, faculty and other staff members.

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SOLAR ELECTRICITY

This year we have scaled-up our Solar electricity program to cover some of the remotest villages

where there is hardly any possibility of electrification in the near future. With the help of our new

solar engineers we have installed 60 LED sets in interested households across 5 villages and have

collected a one-time amount of INR 2000 from each of these households (33 in Bhupnagar, 13 in

Dema, 11 Mansidih, 2 in Lohjhara and 1 in Banahi).

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ACTIVITY PROGRESS IN JHARKHAND

With the objective of reaching out to more people in dire need of humanitarian services we are

expanding our area of operation to the neighbouring state of Jharkhand from this year. The State is

bound by Bihar in the North, West Bengal in the East, Odisha in the South and Chhattisgarh and U.P. in

the West. A mineral rich state, Jharkhand has 24 districts, 260 blocks and 32,615 revenue villages with

a total population of 3.30 Crore as per 2011 census accounting for 2.7% of the country’s population.

The reason for choosing Jharkhand for our future humanitarian assistance is that the State, like Bihar,

not only ranks as one of the poorest states in the country but also fares very badly in most of the

human development indicators and is Maoist-affected with several districts being declared as Red

Corridors.

Based on the extensive discussions we have signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with two

local organisations; Cause for Change and Dhar Disham Vikas Sangha (DDVS). On the basis of our

village scan process we have selected Rajnagar Block in Seraikela-Kharsawan District as our initial

area of intervention where we will be working in Baner Panchayat, Gangaruli Panchayat, Kendmundi

and Bankhabani Panchayats. We will be starting our Mobile Clinic services in the selected Panchayats

by August-September.

We have booked our Office space at Hata, an important junction located 20km from Jamshedpur. Hata

was chosen for its strategic location; our areas of intervention covering the districts of East

Singhbhum, West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsewa fall within 50 km radius of our Hata office.

FIELD WORK AND PROJECT STUDY BY MAGADH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

We conducted a day-long workshop with final year post-graduate students of Rural Management and

Development program, Magadh University on Project work/Dissertation writing. Thereafter, we

selected 13 bright students from amongst them to conduct field work for their projects at our

operational villages, taking as case study one of our ongoing programs. As part of their project work

they conducted socio-economic survey in all 18 operational villages under the guidance and

supervision of our able staff members. The students have been issued certificates by our organisation

for their participation.

OTHER EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

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Workshop on Dissertation writing Field Work by the students

FINANCES

The expenses incurred in the January-June period of 2014 are presented below:

31%

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Expenditure in January-June period

Health Programme (OPD + 2 Mobiles + 1 NEW MOBILE)

Shechen Medical Centre (Out Patient Department)

Mobile Clinics and Medical Camps

New Mobile Clinic for extended Operational Area and Nyingma Medical Camp Education

Environment Programme

Social Programme

Programme Support (Need Based Training and Capacity Building for Staff) Administration, transportation and functioning

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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

Programs in Jharkhand including a Mushroom training for tribal communities in July at Musaboni Block

Mobile Clinics in selected villages in East Singhbhum and Saraikela Kharswan from August / September

Baseline Survey in the chosen operational areas in Jharkhand Vocational training for women from disadvantaged communities in Bihar including

Mushroom cultivation, Rakhi making and paper bag making Yoga training for interested youths from disadvantaged communities in July Installation of Sanitary napkin vending machines and Incinerators in schools and colleges in

Gaya district Electric Auto-rickshaws will be driven by female drivers from our clinic to the main road.

This initiative aims at women empowerment, environment-friendly communication and promotion of social awareness-related programs.

Karuna-Shechen bi-annual report 2014

Government & Nonprofit

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