By Janardhan Chaudhary | Project Coordinator
Self Care skill up gradation & Health Checkup support to a leprosy affected Person
About the Organisation: Sugam Jagriti ,is a registered under Social humanitarian organisation working with the aim "To establish a self reliant and equal society with the value of peace, equity, Justice and homogeneity''. Sugam Jagriti work for the betterment of poor people regardless of religion, caste, race, ethnicity or gender.
Sugam Jagriti is Registered Under Societies Registration Act 21/1860, Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) by Ministry of Home Affairs, Income Tax Exemption u/s 12A & 80G.
The organization focus on intensive and regular community mobilization, developing resource pool including change agents from the same community through developing their skills and capability with training and exposure in various community issues, so that they can be a resource for the community in sustained basis . Communities co-invest with them and donors by and for the programmes, deciding and implementing them. They involve Community Based Organizations (CBOs), PRI, corporates and individuals throughout the world as partners and supporters of integrated development in Bihar.
We are actively working for improving status of Leprosy affected persons through developing self confidence, betterment & Dignity, Self Care Training, Awareness Generation, Health Check up.
Case Study
Self Care skill up gradation & Health Checkup support to a leprosy affected Person
Malti Devi (Name Changed) age 38 Years is severely effected by leprosy disease for a long time . She lives at Islampur block, Nalanda Dist. And belongs to Poorest of The Poor family /Below Poverty Line . She lives a lonely life as She has been discarded by family as well as community . She lives a very tough life due to lack of support , which She urgently need . Very basic reason behind this is serious myths and misconception concerning leprosy at the society . Hence she get a secondary status in family and community and main reason is social myths. Generally at community and society there is false believe that it is incurable disease. Organization staffs people visited the village ,they see a young Lady Malti Devi is affected by disease, helpless and there is no one to take her care, in such circumstances organization decided for support. We provided her Self Care Training and health Check up and also trained on life style as life skill . The organization also brought her to the Primary Health Centre and provided complete proper treatment. Further we did regular follow up and as a result she is getting continuous health check up and treatment. Her condition has improved and developed inner self confidence and leading a healthy and prosperous life. in the mean time the Organization did regular community sensitization and it has minimized myths and misconception in the community concerning leprosy disease. There is favorable change in community believe concerning leprosy patient . Now the community people started believing that leprosy disease is curable if having proper treatment. The positive efforts has also mobilized family and society . Now She is living a healthy and prosperous life. She extend her thanks to SUGAM JAGRITI, Donors and The Global Giving Foundation for changing her life. She say without support it was impossible for her to lead a normal life.
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
