Lok Swasthya SEWA Trust Key Issues and
Operational Areas, Major Activiities & Achivements
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AchieveMents: Lok Swasthya SEWA Trust Works on the following activities
Health
Primary Health Care Services were provided for informal women workers including but not limited to vegetable vendors, construction workers and women working in small factories. These services focus on preventive health services like educationand immunization, promotion of low cost ayurvedic medicines, and curative care through primary health care and referral services.
Tuberculosis-Urban Slum Scheme is working for the awareness of TB in the slums of Ahmedabad city with the support of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Through this programme, awareness and referral services are provided to twenty thousand people of Asarva ward in Ahmedabad city. Since the past few years the number of TB cases particularly Multi Drug Resistant and Extreme Drug Resistant has been on the increase and the team has been involved in spreading awareness regarding the same.
Occupational Health of Informal workers to create awareness about the health issues related to specific occupations, how it can be prevented and what measures need to be taken when health issues affect their work patterns and responsibilities.
Empowering young women and girls to address gender-based discrimination and violence aimed to address the root causes of gender discrimination, early marriage and gender-violence.
Orientation of Community Leaders of local level Committees like VHSNC, MAS, Rogi Kalyan Samiti, School Management Committee to encourage greater participation of women and enable to have a community-based monitoring mechanism to ensure better functioning of the committees.
Training of Traditional Birth Attendants to improve their skill set, promote good delivery practices and connect them with existing government schemes and services for maternal and child health in different States of India.
Training of Adolescent Boys and Girls to help them form their own mandals or collectives as safe spaces for support and solidarity, and for promoting their empowerment and leadership, thus enabling them to act locally on health and development related issues.
SEWA Shakti Kendras or Empowerment Centres have been set up to provide information to the community members on their entitlements, where and how to access these in a timely and transparent manner.
Sankalit programme or integrated approach with an aim to promote self-managed womenââ¬â¢s organizations for providing sustainable need-based services to its members for enhanced incomes and social security.
Child Care and Nutrition
We are running child care centres in Ahmedabad city to help informal workers increase their income while their children are taken care of at the centre. These centres also ensure good health of the children by providing nutritious food and regular growth monitoring. Additionally, a learning programme for children on safety and health protection leading to their personal development and education from kindergarten through school to vocational training has been introduced in the centres.
Policy Workshop
Conducted Workshop on Occupational Health and Safety of Construction Workers
A workshop on Occupational Health and Safety of Construction Workers was organized by LSST. The workshop was organized with an aim to create a discourse on occupational health and safety, especially among the workers who remain unaware of the threats and risks they are exposed to at hazardous working sites.
International Campaign for ââ¬ËRight to Child Care for Informal Women Workersââ¬â¢
To understand the different child care options used by women workers in different sectors of the economy, and the challenges that they faced in balancing their work with child care responsibilities.
