By Janardhan Kumar | Project Coordinator
About the Organisation: Sugam Jagriti is a registered 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.
It focuses on development of community resource persons through training and exposure to manage their programmes in their communities. Communities co-invest with them and donors by 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.
Case Study
Self Care Training & Health Checkup & Blanket support to a leprosy Affected Person
Mr. Ram Naresh Manjhi (Name Changed) age 38 Years is a leprosy patient living at Chandi, Dist.- Nalanda. He belongs to poor Schedule Cast family and don’t get any support from family as well as society due to leprosy disease . There are lot’s of myths and misconception concerning leprosy at the community and treated as a secondary person due to social myths . They have believe that it is incurable disease. When organization people visited they see A young youth Mr. Ram Naresh Manjhi as help less , than further decided for support. They provided Self Care Training and health Checkup and also trained on life style as life skill . The organization also brought her to the Primary Health Centre and provided complete proper treatment . He is getting continuous health check up and treatment. Now he is able to lead a proper life with improved confidence and status. Myths and misconception in the community has also minimized after regular sensitization , they are now not seeing leprosy patient with skewed eye . They have believe that after proper treatment leprosy disease can be control. After health treatment & Self Care Training health status of Mr. Ram Naresh Manjhi has also improved . He is also started getting support from family and society . He is living a healthy and prosperous life. He extend his thanks to SUGAM JAGRITI and The Global Giving Foundation for changing his life. He say without support it was impossible for him to lead a normal life.
By the Support of The GlobalGiving Foundation, we have provided warm Blanket of 7 Leprosy Affected person. Because A leprosy affected person is completly ignore by family and society. Society and even family members hesitate to sit with a Leprosy affected person. A leprosy affected person live in very miserable condition.
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