This year it is considered to say that our organization is a most successful organization as the number of programs in terms of services to the poor and needy has tremendously grown up. Apart from regular programs like AIDS program and Technical training program, we have taken up the following services/activities in our target areas.
The following are the prominent services/activities that our organization SNEHA has taken up during the year 2005-06.
1. Sexual Health Project:- The project is implementing to control STD & HIV/AIDS in Warangal Urban, with the support of Andhra Pradesh state AIDS Control Society, Hyderabad, we have been implementing the Targeted Intervention in Migrant population especially Construction Labor & Slum dwellers. We are concentrating more on 1) Behavior Change Communication (BCC), 2) Condom Promotion 3) Peer Education 4) Quality STD Care and 5) Enabling Environment.
In this year the programe covered 8000 families, created awareness on HIV/AIDS among 14000 people, treated 916 STDs, and distributed 709445 condoms.
2. Home Based Care for AIDS patients (Pathway Project):- The Project is implementing for the welfare of the HIV/AIDS Patients in Warangal urban. We will undertake the following activities. 1) AIDS patients Home Visits, 2) Counseling for HIV/AIDS patients 3) Awareness on Health & Hyzine, 4) Yoga & Spiritual counseling to control suicidal attempts 5) HIV Screening tests 6) Mobile Clinic for AIDS patients 7) Nutrition support for AIDS patients 8) Economical support & skill development training for HIV patients 9) Rehabilitation and Care & Support services. This year we identified 356 PLWHA’s and providing counseling and mobile clinic services for these people. We have given nutritional support to 98 members.
3. Short Stay Home for Women and Girls:- In this home we will give accommodation for 30 women those who are ill treated by the society, the women who have raped, the women who have failed in love and the parents are not allowing them, the women those who are tarcharing by husbands, or in-laws family members for dowry, the women those who have became mothers before marriage, the women those who went out of the in-laws family by predicting/assuming the characterless of the particular women will be given priority in this home.
4. Type and Shorthand Center:- We are giving training to the 40 Scheduled Caste unemployed youth every year. The result is above 60% in the Technical board examination for Typewriting & Shorthand. In this year SNEHA could also place 16 of the successful candidates in different institutions for jobs.
5. Disability (Differently Able Persons) :- We made a survey in 5 mandals of Warangal district to form them as groups and avail government services like Certificates to get bus passes, train passes, and Aids and Appliances. 4 members of SNEHA staff trained in Thirupathi on Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR).
6. Skill Development Training:- While working in the villages we observed that many youth are staying idle and lingering here and there we caught hold of such youth, oriented them and joined them in our skill development training programme. We have imparted methods of house wiring, electrical fittings, repairs etc, for a period of six months, after this training they started earning.
7. Farmers Development Programme:- Keeping in view the pathetic situation of farmers, to control the cotton farmers suicides in Warangal, we awared the farmers in 2 mandals on Integrated pest management, Non-pesticide management the importance of environment and present agriculture procedures. Nearly 200 members were participated enthusiastically.
8. Environmental programes and Plantation:- We awared the people on the importance of Land, Water, and Air and how they are degrading/depleting and polluting. We have planted 500 samplings on road-side and another 500 fruit baring plants distributed among the Scheduled Caste families.
9. Computer Center is also running through self managed system. Every year 30 women are training in this center the trainee will contribute Rs. 50/- per month and the remaining rent and other expenditure will be born by the organization the computers are already existed in society.
10. Every year Consumer awareness is a part of our activities, it will be happened in every village meeting of the organization. This year SNEHA administered awareness programe at Mallampalli. Nearly 150 members were participated.
11. We are running 12 Adult education centers in Warangal urban slums to enhance the adult literacy rate. In every center we have 30 to 35 adult learners.
12. Animal welfare activities i.e. vaccination of stray dogs, axidant animals will be given treatment, left out animals will be sent to our animal welfare center.
13. Women Development programes are the most priority programes of SNEHA, like career guidance for women, Awareness on gender issues, Dowry system, confidence building programme among women, etc.
On behalf of the International Women’s Day (8th March), SNEHA organized rally at Warangal to create awareness in society to understand the issues of the women& present position of women
14. Girl Child Education:- We undertaken Mulugu mandal as pilot mandal to make 100% enrolment in girl child education at primary level. To achieve this goal we conducted Short- Term Motivational Camp& Training to Teachers to eradicate Gender Discrimination. SNEHA started ECE centers for pre-school children& given play material & Teaching Learning Material to the primary schools. Through these programs we enrolled 92 children in different private and Govt schools.
15. Under Road Safety Programme we organized 2 awareness programs for 100 drivers On Traffic Rules In Warangal Urban.
16. We are running 10 Crèches in Warangal Urban slums, The main objective of this progame is to improve the health, environmental and nutritional status of the children. Under this programme we are providing supplementary nutrition, immunization services to the children. The parents are going to their daily labor work by leaving their young children in the crèche. The elder children are also going to their schools regularly instead of staying at the home to rear the younger children. In every Creche we have 25 children.
17. Legal Awareness Program: Under this program we organized two days training programes (2) for women those who are SHG leaders. The programes addressed the problems of the women, Rights of the women, various steps involving in problem solving process. 120 members were participated in program.
18. Adopt a village programme with the support of CAPART is also under taken in
Anantharam village of the Geesugonda mandal. Under this programme we under taken 1) Dairy Development 2) Drinking water augmentation, 3) Rainwater storage structures, 4) Plantation, 5) Vermi Compost units 6)Tank Desiltation and 7) SHG linkages etc.
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