Gender Equality India Project #34400

SELF-CARE SUPPORT for 200 NEEDY WOMEN FOR 1 YEAR

by Foundation for Initiatives in Development and Education for All ( IDEA)

Project Report | Jan 8, 2021
Preparedness is the Key!

By Ancy Reuben | Resource Mobilization Manager

Mask Distribution

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Hope year 2021 will bring new hopes and blessings for all!

IDEA Foundation’ s self-care support project for women started as a side track of its educational initiatives. While working in slums in the city and underprivileged communities in rural areas we found out that hygiene and health care is not at all a priority for these people.

Before starting with our main objectives of our educational and women empowerment projects in less privileged communities, we understood that we had to also deal with things which will keep a community's physical and mental health in check. Otherwise, these programs would not have yielded the result which we were aiming for. People here, especially women were not at all in good health, and they seldom visited a doctor. Anemia, due to frequent pregnancies and menstrual health were our major concern. IDEA kept on arranging regular health checkups and medicine in these communities. We were also conducting awareness drives on hygiene and nutrition for children as well as for parents periodically. So far everything was going on smoothly.

But now as COVID-19 continues to spread and it is impacting almost every individual and their livelihood, we cannot opt for a lockdown. We understand that we have more responsibility and commitment as an NGO ensuring health care of our beneficiaries and their family members. Covid spread prevention in these underprivileged communities stand out as an ultimate necessity at present. We are continuing our work with more deliberate attempts to make people aware of the current scenario and to accelerate Nation's fight against COVID 19. Our social workers visit these places and keep distributing the hygiene kit and give information about the seriousness of this disease, physical distancing, use of masks and maintaining cleanliness to prevent the spread of disease.

None of us know what this pandemic situation holds in future, but we have to be prepared and help everyone around us to be prepared too. Carelessness can lead to disaster, so we are trying our best not to be panic but to get help wherever possible.

Help us to reach out to more people and provide the help needed.

Thank you!

Mask Distribution

COVID awareness drive

Covid awareness drive

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Sep 11, 2020
We shall overcome..

By Ancy Reuben | Resource Mobilization Manager

Grocery Distribution

Dear donors,

Greetings to all! Hope you are all in good health and managing well.

The pandemic has had a disruptive effect on the traditional methods of social activities. The effect on the poorest has however been the hardest – the daily wage worker, the migrant labourer, the hotel staff, the household worker, the construction helpers are among the categories who face economic hardship. Their livelihood is a major concern. Reaching out to these families has become more difficult with all the restrictions and safety protocols to be followed.

The self care project for women by IDEA foundation was started to educate women from underprivileged background the importance of good health and hygiene. But with the unexpected breakout of COVID 19 life has become even more miserable for women with all the family members locked in a house with minimum facilities. More than economic crisis, women are facing lot of stress inside the four walls, difficult to manage each day with the bare minimum. Understanding their difficulties we have distributed groceries and essential supplies to their families.

We persevere to keep in touch with these women through different activities to keep their spirit uplifted. The zoom meetings are planned and carried out in such a way that they also actively participate and share their concern.

We have covered different topics in our online platform by experts, topics included understanding COVID situation and precautions, Stress management, Time management and Family budgeting. We have also arranged different fun activities like slogan writing and poster making to encourage these women to use their skills and also to impart awareness of COVID in their communities. The women were encouraged to share their art work with their friends and families through WhatsApp.

Thank you for all your support throughout this journey. Help us to continue to uplift their spirits while trying to come out of this corona crisis.

Health And Nutrition Session

Anger Management

Awareness Sessions

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May 18, 2020
SELF-CARE MOST NECESSARY DURING LOCKDOWN!

By Geetanjali | Manager

Online session on self-care during lockdown

Dear friends,

Greetings from IDEA!

Hope you are safe! We are writing to thank you for your continued support to this project. Because of your contribution, hundreds of women from our various skilling courses have received information on various topics like nutrition, health tests, menstrual health, and the importance of self-care. Due to the spread of Coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown, we have moved these self-care sessions online.

Smart-phones have been a real boon for these underprivileged women. They have been taking IDEA’s digital literacy classes too, where we teach them the basics of computers and the internet. Because of this knowledge, women are now comfortable to join us for online sessions.

Our team has divided the women into manageable groups and one resource person conducts online sessions for each group on various topics related to health and self-care. So far various topics have been covered including awareness about the coronavirus pandemic, the importance of social distancing and handwash, how to take care of one’s physical and mental health during the lockdown, how to take care of mental and physical health of one’s children, the importance of nutrition to improve immunity, anger and stress management, etc.

We are happy that women are taking a lot of interest in these sessions. They say that these sessions refresh them, and practical knowledge is proving to be very beneficial in these distressing times, plus they also get a chance for talking about their fears and anxieties. Our team is conducting these sessions to motivate the women, encourage them to work on themselves, and move forward with hope.

These women are all either daily wage earners or run micro-businesses. Due to the closing of large parts of the formal and informal economy during this lockdown, many have lost their jobs and their businesses have been rendered non-functional. Their saving has dried up, many are struggling to survive. Migrants are risking their lives to return to their villages. We have to help them!

As an immediate response, IDEA has started a campaign to help them survive the lockdown by making bank transfers for them to buy groceries, medicines, female hygiene products, and other essentials. We have made bank transfers to many women from this project too. But there are thousands of women still struggling to make ends meet during this lockdown, they need immediate help!

We request you to please donate to this project so that we can help underprivileged women from this self-care project buy groceries, medicines, and female hygiene kits.

A single mother supported for groceries

An old woman helped with essentials

Links:

IDEA website

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