Jeevika
implements a range of social development activities
such as village child care programmes, Community Learning
Centres, adult literacy classes (Jeevanshala) and
healthcare awareness campaigns. The project conducts
awareness campaigns to inform and educate villagers
on what government health and childcare services should
be available to them in orderto motivate villagers
to demand the services they are entitled.
The
project also collaborates with government development
programmes to maximize the overall resources available
to each village. Meetings are held on a regular basis
with the Government of Gujarat’s District Health
Officers to coordinate village-level health activities
undertaken by both parties. Jeevika has arranged for
vaccination programs to be implemented through government
Primary Health Centres and mobile health vans, thus
eliminating the need to set up a second clinic. This
strategy was effectively deployed in response to a recent
Malaria outbreak.
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