Our Organization Lohardaga Gram Swarajya Sansthan (LGSS)

10 Annual Report
LGSS
LOHARDAGA
population of thirty thousand of twenty-seven villages had been covered with the aim of
improving the overall maternal and child health status. It had been targeted its interventions
at three critical stages of pregnancy, childhood and adolescent health. In this context the
community participation had been ensured through Village Health Committees and 109
Sahiyya who worked as change agents. During this reporting year, health camps had been
organized to identify the high risk mothers in six sub-centers. Pathological tests had also
been done for them. Training on RTI / STI, HIV / AIDS and on adolescent health had been
done. Under this project adolescent groups had been formed. Awareness had been spread
to reduce the high rate of Anemia among the women in the project target area. Other
than these, regular convergence had been ensured with different state endeavour towards
achieving the same objectives.
During the year, another RCH programme has also been implemented with the support
from CCF India. The main thrust area of this project was on nutrition, adolescent health and
reproductive hygiene, safe abortion, family planning, RTI / STI, infertility, menopause, and
community participation in this health initiative. As this project started in this year only, the
project team members had given training for addressing these issues effi ciently and on P D
Hearth, and detailed survey of ten villages had been done. Meetings of DLAC, BLAC, ANMs
and AWWs had also been organized to streamline the community health services. During
this year four hundred ninety-fi ve children had been given deworming medication.
A major reason for anemia, ill health and mortality in women is due to unsafe means of abortion
practices, which are still prevalent in rural areas. This project Kalyani had been implemented
with the support from IPAS. Its objective is to promote awareness on safe abortion services
with special focus on early and legal aspects of seeking abortion services through behavior
change communication. This project is in the starting phase of implementation. Till date
sensitization at block level, ANMs, AWWs and Sahhiyas were conducted. In the district level
sensitization meeting, participation of civil surgeon and medical offi cers of all the 5 blocks
participated. The block level sensitization meetings are also getting good support from the
medical offi cers and CDPOs. Home visits and group meetings are regularly carried out in the
villages for awareness generation regarding safe abortion practices. To advocate district and
block level health functionaries to provide comprehensive abortion care services and involve
community health worker on the issue. We are getting support of district administration for
carrying out the message.
2008-2009