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| Projects - Aparajita |
Aparajita -
A disaster relief and rehabilitation initiative
(VHAI initiatives for Rehabilitation and Development in disaster hit areas)
Aparajita, Orissa is a long term development effort of VHAI for an integrated community development and disaster management.
Presently it is operational in the Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara districts. Aparajita Orissa organizes and coordinates several health, livelihood and disaster related issues through systematically planned programmes.
The initiative contributes towards the grass root development as well as influence policy for an effective implementation of various micro and macro plans. |
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Some of the key activities of the project are:
- The Khoj programme in Jagatsinghpur district of Kujanga block focuses on the integrated development of health and livelihood at the community level and addresses the issues relating to climate change and disaster management.
- Tobacco Control Programme: Tobacco Control initiative in the State by Aparajita has joined the national drive for making the State and districts tobacco free. The programme focuses on enforcement of the tobacco related laws and advocacy at the state as well as at the community levels.
- PHC Management under Public Private Partnership - Government of Orissa has handed over a Primary Health Centre (PHC) to Aparajita under the Public Private Partnership programme of NRHM in a remote village of Kendrapara district. Towards making the PHC functional, doctor, pharmacist, lab technicians and a staff nurse have been appointed on a full time basis.
The community has extended its support by providing the community centre building to be used as the Primary Health Center since there was no physical infrastructure of the PHC in question.
- Addressing Declining Sex Ratio - In Orissa the data shows a remarkably high discretion in the girls to boys ratio. Addressing this cause of tremendous significance, a well designed programme has been initiated in twenty seven Gram Panchyats of Kujang block, Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa in collaboration with Women Power Connect-United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The project has been designed and approved for a period of two years (May 2009-April 2011).
- Cluster Development Programme for Bamboo Craft Artisans: Orissa Bamboo Development Agency (OBDA) has extended its support to develop the bamboo craft cluster in Kendrapara district of Orissa. Handicraft artisans’ development has taken up an entrepreneurial approach improving the socio-economic conditions of the respective communities.
- Health promotion activities for the children in the schools of slums of rural and urban areas.
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The project has achieved the desired success in all its initiatives, owing to a strategic planning and committed workforce. Still, there are miles to go before access to a healthy life can become a reality for all. |
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