Vivekananda Health Care Project Inauguration at Erumanaickenpalayam, Salem
Sri Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Salem
launches
Vivekananda Swasthya Pariseva Prakalpa
Vivekananda Health Care Project
2011-2014
in commemoration of
150th Birth Anniversary Celebration of Swami Vivekananda
I consider that the great national sin is the neglect of the masses, and that is one of the causes of our downfall. No amount of politics would be of any avail until the masses in India are once more well educated, welfare, and cared for.
Swami Vivekananda
Inauguration on 1st Jan 2011 at Erumanaickenpalayam Village, Poncherimalai, near Mallur, Salem District at 4.30 p.m.
by Sri S.S.Mehta in the presence of Sri J.Muralidhar,
Sri D.Shekar, Sri G.Subhash, Sri S.Raja – all Masons of Masonic Lodge Montfort 249 of The Grand Lodge of India.
Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math Headquarters has selected 150 neglected areas through its branch Centres all over India to conduct medical programs (Immunization) for children and pregnant mothers. This is a four-year project starting from January 2011.
A.Target Group:
Children upto the age of 12 years
B. Area of Operations: 150 selected backward areas of India
C. Aim: Promoting Growth and Holistic Development, particularly preventing and treating malnutrition in children, so that they may grow into healthy and productive members of society and enlightened citizens of India.
D. Schemes
I) MALNUTRITION: PREVENTION and TREATMENT
Supplying of Nutritious food or Nutritive food supplements such as purak-ahar (soya bean,
groundnut, oil, bajra, besan and molassses), milk,vitamin and mineral supplements.
II) HEALTH CARE
1. Preventive Health Care:
i. Immunization
ii. Weighing of children
iii. Periodical check-ups and provision of mobile medical service
2. Curative Health Care:
i. Treating the sick and under-nourished children and their mothers
through dispensaries and mobile medical units,
ii. Conducting periodical health camps
III) EDUCATION
Mode: Through Multimedia and Interactive Mass Education
Topic: (A) Health Education:
(i) Nutrition
(ii) Immunization
(iii) Stop TB
(iv) Common Ailments and Remedies
(v) Personal Hygiene and Sanitation [Necessity of safe drinking water, brushing
teeth, washing hands, clipping nails, etc]
(B) Value Education:
Moral Values, Etiquette, etc
IV) HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT:
i. Providing safe drinking water
ii. Providing sanitary toilet facilities[water-sealed Latrines]
iii. Maintaining safe environment: pollution-free, smoke-free and clean.
V) MONITORING AND EVALUATION of all the above activities should be undertaken by
keeping data and visual logs including conducting base-line and periodic surveys.
VI) COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: The members of community should participate in all the
above activities right from the beginning and all efforts
should be \made to make them true owners of all the
programs with centers and their personnel acting as
facilitators.
The following should especially be encouraged:
- Keeping the living quarters and environment clean and hygienic, especially in slums, by clearing garbage and dirt.
- Making each member of the society to be aware of his collective responsibility and express this sense of responsibility through words, deeds and action.
V) The children will be served tiffin and milk every evening. This is a three-hour program. Projector, Screen etc. will be provided to show educated, cultural and religious CDs. Teachers will be appointed to take tuition and give couching in their subjects. One attendant will be appointed to prepare milk and tiffin every day.
All are cordially invited to join the volunteers service.
Issued by
Swami Yatatmananda
Secretary
Sri Ramakriskna Mission Ashrama Salem
17, Ramakrishna Road
Salem-636 007.
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