INDRANARAYANPUR NAZRUL SMRITI SANGHA (INSS) provides basic health care and support activities in 8 blocks of South 24 Paraganas district in West Bengal, India. It supports sub-centers through social mobilizers to increase immunization coverage from 85% to 94.82% and institutional delivery from 64% to 68%. Activities include medical checkups for malnutrition, deworming camps, screening for RTI/STI/HIV, and health education. Suggestions are made to change social mobilizer roles, install more community latrines, and provide water testing training to adolescents to improve sanitation. Future possibilities include establishing a community health center for mothers and children and

1. INDRANARAYANPUR NAZRUL SMRITI SANGHA (INSS) Vill.-Indranarayanpur, PO- Ramnagar Abad, PS- Dholahat, Dist.-South 24 Paraganas, West Bengal, India, Pin- 743349 City Office: 50, Aurobinda Nagar, Naktala Road, Kolkata-700 047 Email: [email_address] , Mob: 9830185170

2. Here we are : Pathar Pratima Block 24 Paraganas (S)

3. Area Covered: Pathar Pratima Mathurapur-II Mathurapur-I Kakdwip Namkhana Gosaba Hinglegunge Canning & Ward no. 100 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation 8 Blocks of Sundarban under South 24 Paraganas District & 1 Ward of KMC of West Bengal :

4. Area Demography Area Demography: Male Female Adolescents Total

5. Activities Other than BHCS: Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Trickle Up Programme Cyclone Aila Response-2009 Reproductive & Child Health-II (MNGO-FNGO) Corporal Punishment in Schools & Child Marriage

6. THE ORGANISATION Experienced on … Basic Health Care & Support (BHCS) Supported By: Memisa Belgium & Facilitated By: West Bengal Voluntary Health Association (WBVHA)

7. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility Outreach Support to Sub-Centres through Social Mobilizers Immunization Coverage increased from 85 % to 94.82% Institutional delivery increased from 64% to 68 % ANC/PNC coverage is increased Systems of Sub-Centres at village level is developing by increasing participation of mothers and children at Sub-centres Pregnancy Register, EC Register and Child Register

8. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility Medical Check-up - Malnutrition 114 Participants took the services (2 services) Most of the families aware of malnutrition of their children Awareness built on taking Govt. facilities for malnourished children among the participants

9. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility Kitchen Gardening Awareness raised on Kitchen Gardening among the families giving/getting proper nutrition for their health Concept of kitchen Gardening with proper way for health is under the way of development of kitchen gardening system at village level Kitchen Garden

10. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility De-worming Camp 67 Participants took the services Awareness built-up among the mothers Linkage building between GO & NGO stakeholders is developed by participation of Panchayet members, ANM etc .

11. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility Screening camp to identify the affected cases (RTI/STI/HIV) 127 participants took the service (2 services) and some infected cases is advised to take facilities of hospitals Awareness built on RTI/STI and on taking Govt. hospital facility for the same.

12. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility Health, hygiene and Sanitation Education Camp Awareness raised among the mothers and adolescents groups on health & hygiene System of building linkage between GO & NGO is developed by the presence of all stakeholders of local Most of the families using latrines Nirmal Gram

13. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility Special Day Observation Awareness built on health & hygiene System of building linkage between GO & NGO is developing by the presence of students & teachers

14. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility Adolescent committee Upgradation Adolescent Groups upgraded their knowledge on their health Concept of adolescent Committee is formed at village level Adolescent Committee at villages

15. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility Adolescent campaigning Awareness built-up on adolescent health among the adolescent boys and girls System of building linkage between GO & NGO is developing by the presence of students & teachers

16. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility Village Development Fund (FDF) Formation of VHC at villages and created FDF Fund increasing with subscriptions from members & others Increasing encouragement to the VHC & its fund among the villagers Village Health Committee Formation & systematic Fund creation in the village level is developing VHCs & Record Books of VHCs

17. Activities : Activities Result System Development Visibility Tool Kit box and Spare parts Bank at village level Formed Spare parts bank at village level for repairing minor problems of tube-well Spare Parts Bank concept is developing in the village level Tool Kits and Spare Parts Bank Tube-wells of good situation

18. Suggestions for Improvements: To change roles and responsibilities of Social Mobilizers as ‘ASHA’ workers is already recruited. Health Facilitators are needed for all the villages To install two complete community latrines for each twelve to fifteen houses. One is for males and another, for females. In this context, User committee is needed for the purpose of maintain the sanitation system.

19. Suggestions for Improvements: Water quality testing and treatment training is needed for adolescent boys and girls of science background for building up village level ‘Jal-Bandhu’ More campaigning is needed for raising awareness on water and sanitation Kitchen Gardening is needed with proper method to get proper nutrition for health and for preventing diseases. Compost manure is needed to cultivate kitchen Garden.

20. Future Possibilities: One community health centre for mother and child Broader community involvement to health care problems.

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