We work to decrease child malnutrition and provide assistance to children with congenital heart disease.
Supported By: Women to Women International Fund
Date of Inception: December 2006
Status: Ongoing (phase I completed)
Target Group: Women with children under the age of 3 years
Project Area: Mumbai G/North Ward – Kumbharwada and Kunchikurve clusters
- Kumbharwada: 2215 households, population of 9452, 81women divided into 6 groups
- Kunchikorve: 750 households, population of 2000, 75 women divided into 6 groups
Goal: To decrease malnutrition in children in the age group 0-3 years and to improve the infant and young child feeding practices of the mothers in urban slum communities.
Objective: To work with women’s groups to improve the knowledge and feeding practices followed by mothers in Kumbharwada and Kunchikurve.
Methodology:
Step I: To determine the current knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of women towards child nutrition in the community
Step II: To form women's groups for women with children below the age of 3 years and increase their knowledge about appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding
Step III: To prepare a training module containing Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material for imparting knowledge regarding Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices to the women's group
Step IV: To evaluate the impact of the training sessions on the KAP of the women
Nutrition Day Care CentersSupported By: Bhavishya Alliance
Partner: Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)
Date of Inception:
Kunchikorve Day care centre: November 2008
Kumbharwada Day care centre: February 2009
Status: Ongoing
Target Group: 0-3 year old undernourished children
Project Area: Kunchikorve and Kumbharwada areas of Dharavi
Goal: To reduce undernutrition in Kunchikorve and Kumbharwada areas of Dharavi in the 0-3 year old age group
Objectives:
- Early identification of malnourished children in the age group of 0-3 years in Kumbhawada & Kunhikurve nagar
- To manage cases of undernutrition with Grade I & II in children in the age group of 0-3years
- To prevent the undernutrition in the age group of 0-3years
- To refer Grade III & IV undernourished cases to the nutrition rehab center at the Urban health center
Methodology:
- Service: establishing 2 day care centers in existing Anganwadi centers to manage cases of under nutrition through 4 nutritious meals and snacks a day and weight gain monitoring
- Behavior change: counseling of mothers and care givers during monthly parents’ meetings in feeding and care seeking practices
- Referral: cases of malnourished children are referred from other Anganwadi centers and severe cases are referred to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre based at the Urban Health Centre, Dharavi
Supported By: Indian Heart & Lung Research Foundation
Date of Inception: August 2006
Status: Ongoing
Target Group: Children aged 0 to 12 years
Project Area: Slum communities from the Shastri Nagar and Gazdar Bandh areas
Goal & Objective: To identify children with congenital heart disease and provide necessary medical intervention
Methodology:
Screening of slum children for congenital heart disease
Facilitate surgical intervention for children identified with congenital heart disease
