Asha Bhavana The number of girl street children in Mysore is less than the number of boys, but they are more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation and are forced into begging or sometimes into the flesh trade. Asha Bhavana currently houses 23 girls. Asha Bhavana now has a own building in Srirampura, on the outskirts of Mysore. Thanks to TdH for supporting the construction of the building.
PROGRAMME
Community based Health
RLHP perceives the Right to Health as critical for total development of slum dwellers.
The programme aims at building people's responsibility for sustaining their own health; people's health in people's hands. Teamwork of health coordinator, health animators, health committees, physicians and government health departments makes the programme very effective.
The Programme is comprised of following components :
Health awareness and education
Strengthening health committees
and animators
Nutritious food awareness programme
Mother and child care
Pre and post natal care
Training of health workers
Health check up camps
HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Hepatitis B, Alcoholism and T.B. awareness
T.B. detection and care
Old Age care
Counselling for mental health
Key achievements
Slums are cleaner
People more responsible for personal and community hygiene.
Contagious and waterborne diseases controlled 95%
Undernourishment reduced to 5%
99% of children immunized
IMR about
0.2%
MMR: 1
Community based health fund started.
Presently Rs. 68000 from 56 slums
Herbal garden in slums started with the usage of herbal medicine
