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Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
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Project Name:
Nandini Project
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Project Year:
February 2020
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Project Status:
Ongoing
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Project Theme:
Building Adolescent Capacity towards Life, Skill, Education and Reproductive Health
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Location:
Baddi & its surroundings in district Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
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Project “Nandini Project” was launched as a CSR initiative of Vardhaman Textile Ltd. under “Promotion of Menstrual Hygiene Education” with the Himalayan Social Institute (H.S.I.) as an implementing agency. This project has enabled young girl children from BPL families to join a regular healthy lifestyle program and give them an opportunity to be educated on Menstrual Hygiene and its prevention, myths and proper use and disposal of Sanitary pads. The project ‘Nandini’ was focused on educating young adolescent girls, between the ages 10-19 years, towards ‘Remedial Education on Menstrual Hygiene’ that concerns their primary health knowledge. This is a critical age wherein adolescent girls lack knowledge about Menstrual hygiene management and personal care. Due to this, they face many problems like dropping out of middle/high school or lacking a remedial support system within the confines of the village/slums. and/or various traditional/patriarchal/social-cultural/myths/taboos factors which make it challenging for these girls to move forward and fulfill their aspirations and dreams.
Project Objectives:
| S.No. | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Building life skill education capacity among adolescents (school-going, dropouts/ working) related to Life, Skill, Education and Health in four schools and four Slum Communities. |
| 2 | Promoting risk reduction strategies among adolescents enabling participation in designing and developing knowledge about menstrual hygiene and awareness base project. |
| 3 | Increasing level of awareness/ sensitivity among the general population and particularly among community leaders, school teachers, and traditional birth attendants on issues related to reproductive and sexual health of adolescents. |
| 4 | Preservation and protection of rights of adolescents on reproductive and sexual health. |
| 5 | Facilitating and linking better access to health care services including clinical services to adolescents from government and private sectors. |
Project Activities:
| S.No. | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Menstrual Hygiene Management Sessions for adolescent girls covered in four slums. |
| 2 | Menstrual Hygiene Management Sessions for adolescent girls covered in four schools. |
| 3 | Gyan Vigyan Mela (awareness programme on different topics). |
| 4 | Training of Health Educators (Training of HSI health educators). |
| 5 | Distribution of sanitary napkins to slum adolescent girls. |
| 6 | Distribution of booklet and leaflet to adolescent girls regarding menstrual hygiene. |
| 7 | Installation of Sanitary napkin vending machine and incinerator. |
| 8 | Event celebrations like Menstrual Hygiene Day, World Health Day, World Aids Day, Women’s Day, International Girl’s Day, Independence Day, Children’s Day, Republic Day, etc. |
| 9 | Support to the State Health Department (HP) for providing Polio vaccine under Pulse Polio Program. |
| 10 | Support for the State Health Department (HP) for COVID vaccination. |
Project Accomplishments:
| S.No. | Description |
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| 1 | Introduction of the project to the local authorities in the concerned areas through a beneficiary mobilization drive. |
| 2 | Awareness created on the importance of Health Education and the Nandini project at over 2500+ jhuggis. |
- Himalayan Social Institute” NGO, a voluntary association established in 2005.
- Himalyan Social Institute, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA
- +91 83750 46049