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The community health initiatives in Pazhaverkadu continued up to September 2007.
1. Community health inputs to health activists
2. Facilitating the Pazhaverkadu youth club
3. Promoting sanitation activities
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 23 September 2008 )
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Action
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Mahila Okkota was an attempt to bring together the women from various unorganised sectors and professions to one platform so that they share with each other the issues that they are addressing. Women from14 different sectors came together with their issues on March 15, 2007. The 1000 women gave testimonies of their problems and struggles faced by them. Ms. Usha of Hengassara Hakkina Sangha (HHS) anchored the programme. Dr. Ruth Manorama from Women’s Voice and Ms. Donna Fernandes from Vimochan also participated in the programme. The theme was: 'Life with Dignity for Women'. There was 4 preparatory meetings in which Premdas from CHC participated and CHC was also one of the organizing members of the programme. Right to health, alcoholism, housing, globalisation, privatisation, liberalisation and communalism were the cross cutting issues that everyone addressed. |
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Disability
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A convention of people with disability for equal rights and equal opportunities was held on March 30, 2007 at Christian Worker's Centre in Bangalore. It was the state level convention of the People with Disability in Karnataka. Nearly 200 people from various organizations and from disability network attended the convention. Premdas from CHC was invited to inaugurate the function and also to give a keynote address on the issue of mainstreaming disability movement. The keynote address stressed on the following issues: the key positions of PHM, health as a comprehensive issue needing comprehensive approach, the people with disability facing issues regarding food, water, housing, land, social exclusion and so on which have a bearing on their health, and the need to mainstream disability movement within different movements themselves. |
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Trade and Drugs
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CHC supported the campaign against the patent amendment bill by carrying out a signature campaign and by participating and mobilizing people for a public rally and a protest demonstration organized by Lawyers Collective. The mass media was used to generate wider social awareness. Mr. Prasanna went to the studios of All Indian Radio (AIR), Udaya TV, ETV and Muktha – a widely popular Kannada TV serial, for a debate on the issue. He also addressed the students of Bangalore and Mangalore University for creating awareness. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 May 2007 )
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At the request of the Community Development and Health Department of TVS Motor Company, CHC initiated a nutrition study and intervention programme in 2004. Mr. Chander and Dr. Keerthi, a volunteer from the Bangalore Medical College, with the help of Ms. Padmasini Asuri, SOCHARA member, conducted a study on assessment of nutritional status of under-five children in five villages of the area. The findings of the study were discussed with TVS team members and the government ICDS staff. The TVS Motor Company has begun efforts to address the concerns raised by the study. |
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