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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