By Geetanjali Deshmukh | Manager
Dear Friends,
Greetings!
We are happy to bring to you another important update regarding our self-care for women project. Self-care is neglected by most underprivileged women in India. Managing house chores, children and job is very demanding leaving no time for considering one’s own mental and physical health.
Since we run skilling courses for underserved women, we come in contact with thousands of women who need awareness regarding this topic.Therefore since the past 10 years, we have been conducting life skill sessions and awareness sessions on topics like Health, Hygiene and Nutrition. Recently we conducted 2 sessions on health and nutrition for 70 socially and economically marginalized women in Pune.
One session on General health was conducted by Dr. Moolani who explained the different types of diseases that can be caused due to deficiency of essential vitamins and minerals. He told the women to watch out for warning signs of different kinds of mineral and vitamin deficiencies and also explained the various medical tests that they should undergo.
Another session was conducted by Dr. Riddhi on Anaemia. She explained the symptoms of anaemia and its causes. She explained how women can prevent anaemia through healthy diet, nutrition and annual health check-up. Considering the alarming number of women from underprivileged communities quietly suffer from Anaemia, this was a very important session.
It is essential to teach women to read warning signs so that they can catch any health complications before it becomes too serious. They need access to quality health care and mentors who can guide them towards inculcating the practice of self-care.
Friends, please donate to this project so that we can conduct health-camps for underprivileged women in India.
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