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India: Promoting education and health status of girl children in unreached tribal groups of the Ayyalur Forest Region (Eastern Ghats) 

Economic, social  development & support

India: Promoting education and health status of girl children in unreached tribal groups of the Ayyalur Forest Region (Eastern Ghats) 

  • Status

    Ongoing

  • Location India, Dingidul district

The project aims to provide opportunities for healthcare & education to tribal girls, as well as income generation for women through beekeeping & home gardens.

Key activities:

  • Evening classes & counseling to parents & students, basic literacy & numeracy skills, trainings on sanitation, health, running small businesses for women
  • Enrollment campaigns in 10 villages to ensure 100% school enrollment
  • Education Committees in each village to discuss issues related to girls education
  • Health & nutrition program through awareness activities (Street plays or songs on menstrual hygiene, safe drinking water, proper hand washing, child marriages)
  • Home gardens: Plant seedlings (Papaya, drumstick, guava & lemon) distributed to households for supplementary nutritional food
  • Training of health volunteers
  • Health Committees in each village (Doctors, nurses, women SHG leaders)
  • Beekeeping training & honey production for 50 women.

NGO: Seeds Trust

  • Promoter

    Devaraj Natarajan - Test Engineer, Sri City

  • Initiate date • Duration

    06.09.2022 • 12 months