Ratlam, India: Snippets

Ratlam, India

20 March 2006

Snippets

Since October 2004, Ratlam Area Development Programme (ADP) has:

Students and their parents gathered
for the official opening of the new
classrooms.

Health and sanitation

Registered the identity of 443 children – birth certificates are vital for children to access education and health services
Immunised 965 children
Supported families by providing oral rehydration salts for the management of diarrhoea for 496 children
Provided pre- and post-natal care for 480 women and encouraged 760 women to exclusively breast-feed their newborns until at least the age of three months
Educated 2,134 people about prevention of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections
Trained 44 people in first aid

Education

Held an educational trip for 358 primary school children
Met with the parents of 273 primary school children and 100 children at intermediate school to assess their progress
Provided out-of-school tuition for 150 primary school children
Provided 97 school desks to intermediate and high schools
Provided intermediate schools with 400 pieces of sports equipment
Held a talent development programme for 80 high school students
Supported 22 teenagers to attend a driving course
Constructed four school classrooms
Encouraged parents to send their children to school through community meetings and home visitations; 80 per cent of primary-aged children now attend school

Infrastructure

Built a community hall
Constructed a road and a culvert
Constructed five rain water harvesting systems and renovated three more
Dug four wells, deepened five wells and laid two water pipes
Agricultural and economic development
Formed 99 self-help groups, trained 500 members and facilitated another 30 members to visit self-help groups in other areas
Trained 500 people about animal husbandry

Leadership development

Trained 300 village development committee members in book-keeping, and restructured the 40 committees; this restructuring has lead to an increase in women’s representation on the committees
Met with 34 community leaders to discuss children’s rights
Formed 15 youth clubs and trained 160 youth club members
Formed 29 children’s clubs, attended by 450 children

Ratlam file

Ratlam project profile

RATLAM STORY ARCHIVE
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2004
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Health matters
Hand in hand
Dam good idea
2003
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