Project Report
| Jan 4, 2016
Community Development in Kolhewadi
By Julia Queale | PRoject
The emphasis in Kolhewadi over the past three months has been placed on community development programs such as goat raising, housing for the homeless, as well as Village Health Worker (VHW) training. Goat farms can benefit income generation for families; Kolhewadi has ten goats, one male, and has provided income generation for five families. Currently, 20 homeless families have been identified within the community. CRHP built homes for three of the families and will continue doing so within the upcoming months.
Rekha, the VHW from Kolhewadi’s neighboring village, has helped train Vandana since the early stages of the Project Village. During the most recent months, she has completed her training and is a fully established VHW. Within Kolhewadi, she has helped identify new cases of diabetes and hypertension, as well as continued care for previously identified patients. Over the next few months, CRHP will start the next steps necessary for the Adolescent Boys and Girls Programs.
Thank you for your support for the Kolhewadi Village. Every donation is greatly appreciated.
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Oct 7, 2015
Kolhewadi
By Julia Queale | Project Manager
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Village Health Worker planting a tree
The environment continues to be a focus in Kolhewadi. Over the past three months, members of Kolhewadi Village have implemented the Demonstration Kitchen Garden Project. The kitchen gardens are made with locally available resources to provide families with the opportunity to grow enough vegetables for nutritious meals in a drought-prone location. In order to jump-start the project, seeds and saplings were distributed to the families.
The Men’s Group continues to meet informally, but the Women’s Group has become more structured and formalized. The Women’s Group has been receiving health and environmental knowledge, using this education to plant 2,000 fruit trees and 3,000 other plants. As of today, they are in the process of starting plant nurseries. The Men’s and Women’s Groups will continue to develop over the following months with the help of the Village Health Worker, Rekha, and CRHP social workers.
Thank you for your support for Kolhewadi Village. Every donation is greatly appreciated.
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Jul 9, 2015
Kolhewadi Update: Sanitation and the Environment
By Cameron Hawkins | Project Manager
Sanitation, hygiene and the environment continue to be the focus in Kolhewadi. Over the past 3 months, the Mobile Health Team along with members of Kolhewadi Village has built soak pits. Soak pits are made using locally available resources to hold and breakdown human waste. Since completion, the Mobile Health Team has been collecting data to see how many soak pits are being used, the number of toilets in Kolhewadi, how many of those toilets are actually being used, and if a family does not have a toilet or is not using it, why.
Men’s and women’s groups have begun meeting informally and will keep developing and strengthening as the village health worker and CRHP social workers become more involved with facilitation of these meetings. Through these groups, several hypertension and diabetes patients have been identified and medications distributed. Currently within the village, very little is known the prevention, identification, and treatment of many non-communicable diseases. The Mobile Health Team plans to perform songs, skits, and puppet shows to raise awareness and educate the villagers. This method of educating eliminates exclusion of lower-caste and many of those who are illiterate, empowering each and everyone within Kolhewadi.
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