Positive News Today

Positive News Today
Water News

Born out of Covid-19, women’s health initiative takes off with pilot project at Mathura

December 9, 2020015
Share0


New Delhi: Born out of the Covid 19crisis, a women’s healthcare initiative to distribute affordable sanitary pads has taken off with a pilot project atMathura, backed by a network of young volunteers, several of whom are bureaucrats posted across the country.

The initiative, which runs on the back of women self help groups roped in to distribute sanitary pads and raise awareness, started in April this year as the lockdown was enforced, disrupting supply chains and the migrant population hit the hardest.

NGO Sangini Saheli distributed 12.86 lakh sanitary napkins across 17 states of India, roping in young bureaucrats who volunteered to help with distribution and logistics during the lockdown. Seeing the demand for affordable sanitary pads, the NGO has now started a pilot project at Mathura that will gradually be expanded to other districts.

“The team with about 167 volunteers has taken up its first pilot project of 100 per cent coverage in a handpicked district beginning with Uttar Pradesh. We are building a program to provide a long term solution, particularly in low wage income communities who face continuous financial struggles in ensuring their menstrual hygiene needs,” Priyal Bhardwaj the founder of Sangini Saheli says.

Even as the pilot is underway, the NGO is building a self-sufficient model for 253 women self-help groups who will be given financial incentives for distributing low cost sanitary pads across the country.

“A start has been made and the initiative will help raise awareness about health issues. It is a profit model where self help group volunteers get some financial incentives to distribute the sanitary pads. The response in rural areas has been even better than in urban zones,”

Dr Nitin Gaur, Mathura Chief Development Officer, an IAS officer of the 2016 batch says.

The young bureaucrat says that it is a self sustaining model as self help group volunteers will be incentivized to create demand and would give a boost to women’s health, specially in rural areas where awareness has been limited.

Bhardwaj says that the idea to start the initiative came when the NGO was working on distribution of food packets to migrant labourers in Bhangel Barat Ghar in Noida, when a young woman requested for help in obtaining sanitary pads.

“In the initial days of the drive there were about 10 Shramik trains running each day, carrying about 1250 passengers and 40 per cent of the passengers were women and mostly at child-bearing age. We made sure to provide at least 1.5 lakh packets of sanitary pads to these women as they rushed back to their villages with no certainty of their health whereabouts,” Bharadwaj says.

The NGO is also supporting patients and volunteers fighting COVID-19 at Sardar Patel COVID Centre at Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Chattarpur, billed as the world’s largest such care facility.

Source

Share0
previous post
Kalpathi Group-owned Veranda acquires Chennai Race for online education
next post
COVID Vaccines: When and how will COVID-19 vaccines become available?

Related posts

Unusual climate conditions influenced WWI mortality and subsequent influenza pandemic

TheEarthLabSeptember 28, 2020

Ancient mountains recorded in Antarctic sandstones reveal potential links to global events

TheEarthLabSeptember 18, 2020

Studying water polo for kicks

TheEarthLabSeptember 22, 2020
Click to comment

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Recent Posts

  • Queen is Opening Buckingham Palace Gardens to Picnickers for the First Time This Summer
  • Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine protection lasts at least ‘six months’, protects against variants
  • Hotels and restaurants across Maharashtra hold silent protests over closure of operations
  • Volvo India to exit diesel, plans to go full electric
  • New Autopsy Report Reveals Black Man’s 2004 Death Was Homicide

Archives

  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020

Subscrible

Subscribe my Newsletter for new blog posts, tips & new photos. Let's stay updated!

  • News
  • Projects
  • About
  • Contact
  • TV Pitch
FacebookTwitterInstagram
@2020 - thelab.earth. All Right Reserved.
theLAB.earth
  • Global
    • Global News
    • Global Media
    • Global Events
    • Global Projects
  • Energy
    • Energy News
    • Energy Media
    • Energy Events
    • Energy Projects
  • Water
    • Water News
    • Water Media
    • Water Events
    • Water Projects
  • Human Kindness
    • Human Kindness News
    • Human Kindness Media
    • Human Kindness Events
    • Human Kindness Projects
  • Projects
logo
  • Global
    • Global News
    • Global Media
    • Global Events
    • Global Projects
  • Energy
    • Energy News
    • Energy Media
    • Energy Events
    • Energy Projects
  • Water
    • Water News
    • Water Media
    • Water Events
    • Water Projects
  • Human Kindness
    • Human Kindness News
    • Human Kindness Media
    • Human Kindness Events
    • Human Kindness Projects
  • Projects
@2020 - thelab.earth. All Right Reserved.
FacebookTwitterInstagram