Dear Friends,
Wish you all a very Happy
& Prosperous New Year! Hope
you are celebrating New Year as the beginning of a better tomorrow and
spreading happiness with wonderful New Year wishes!
In the month of December, we had
celebrated World AIDS Day by way of spreading Awareness among the
people of Mumbai. We had
organised workshops, Awareness Programmes, Puppet Shows, One Minute Game
Show, at various places throughout Mumbai under our projects Slum
Intervention Project, Palavi Projects for ‘A’, ‘E’, ‘G-South’
& ‘S’ Administrative wards of Mumbai.
The programme consists of Poster
Exhibition, Pamphlet Distribution, One Minute Game Show, Puppet Show,
Vocational Training, Information about Health related issues and HIV
Awareness in general.
|
Ward |
Venue |
Guests of
Honour |
Participants |
Activities |
|
A
Ward |
Rahul Mitra Mandal, Colaba |
Shri Gajanan Shinde (Sub-Inspector),
Shri Tikekar (CDO S Ward), Dr. Medha Somaiya, General Secretary of
Yuvak Pratishthan |
370 women from Angan wadi, CHV &
Local residents |
One Minute Game, Crossword, Q & A Session,
Street Play by Jeevan Raksha Social Group, Mobile Poster Exhibition |
|
G
South |
|
Shri Ashish Chemburkar (Municipal
Councillor), Smt. Ranjana Kadvadkar (Women’s Wing), Smt. Bhavana
Gujar & Dr. Medha Somaiya |
355 women from Angan wadi, CHV &
Local residents |
One Minute Game, Crossword, Q & A Session,
Street Play by Jeevan Raksha Social Group, Mobile Poster Exhibition,
Stall at Elphinston Road Railway Station, Jr. Johny Lever Mimicry
Show on HIV Awareness |
|
E
Ward |
|
Shri Mukundrao Kulkarni, (Secretary
Mumbai BJP), Shri Dhabe (CDO E Ward), Dr. Sanjay Dalvi & Dr.
Medha Somaiya |
375 women from Angan wadi, CHV &
Local residents |
One Minute Game, Crossword, Q & A Session,
Street Play by Jeevan Raksha Social Group, Mobile Poster Exhibition |
|
S
Ward |
St. Nirankari Bhavan, Khindipada Mulund
(W) |
Smt. Manasi Rajadhyaksha (Marathi
Vidnyan Parishad), Shri Sardar Tarasingh (MLA), Dr. T.D. Kharat
(Medical Officer Savitribai Hospital), Adv. Jitendra Sharma &
Dr. Medha Somaiya |
375 women from Anganwadi, CHV &
Local residents |
HIV / AIDS Awareness Rally, One Minute Game,
Crossword, Q & A Session, Street Play by Jeevan Raksha Social
Group, Mobile Poster Exhibition, Jr. Johny Lever Mimicry Show on HIV
Awareness |
Activities on the eve of World AIDS Day
Abhijeet to start ‘New Life’: Abhijeet Shinde, a resident of Mumbai's Ghatkopar suburb, has been presented Electronic Limb at the hands of our President Dr. Kirit Somaiya, during a programme arranged on the occasion of Birthday of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 25th December, 2007.
With the help of this electronic limb, Abhijeet can now stand on his own limbs, walk freely. Abhijeet studying in Science stream could see a bright future now.
His parents, relatives, friends and well wishers were present on the occasion.
(Left) Abhijeet Shinde with new electronic leg. (Right) Dr. Kirit Somaiya giving him the electronic leg
Yuvak
Pratishthan’s Staff Training:
A two-days In house training of Yuvak Pratishthan Staff members
jointly with its joint venture Jan Shikshan Sansthan Raigad and State
Resource Centre Pune was held at Kihim, Taluka Alibag in the first week of
December.
Two days in-house training of Yuvak Pratishthan Staff Members at Kihim, Alibag.
JEEVAN AKSHAY (Seva Mobile): In the month of December, 3 camps were held at Ramabai Nagar, Bhandup. 398 patients were checked, guided and provided medicines. They were performed complete health check-up. Table showing the number of patients attended in camps are given as under:
|
Date |
Ramabai Nagar Bhandup |
||
|
New Patients |
Old Patients |
Total |
|
|
5
Dec 07 |
05 |
35 |
40 |
|
12
Dec 07 |
20 |
34 |
54 |
|
19
Dec 07 |
19 |
40 |
59 |
|
26
Dec 07 |
- |
- |
- |
|
TOTAL |
44 |
109 |
153 |
Mobile General Check–up camps: Regular mobile camps continued daily 2 camps at different areas of Mumbai suburbs. The details are as under:
|
Sr. No |
Date |
Time |
Place |
New |
Old |
Total |
|
1 |
3-12-07 |
4 to 6 |
Kokan Nagar (Bhandup) |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
2 |
4-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Tata
Nagar (Bhandup) |
16 |
14 |
30 |
|
3 |
5-12-07 |
4 to 6 |
Wabhoba wadi (Bhandup) |
14 |
0 |
14 |
|
4 |
6-12-07 |
4 to 6 |
Kokan Nagar (Bhandup) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
5 |
7-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Tata
Nagar (Bhandup) |
13 |
13 |
26 |
|
4 to 6 |
Hanuman Tekdi (Bhandup) |
6 |
17 |
23 |
||
|
6 |
8-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Shivkrupa Nagar (Bhandup) |
15 |
0 |
15 |
|
4 to 6 |
Wabhoba wadi (Bhandup) |
21 |
13 |
34 |
||
|
7 |
9-12-07 |
4 to 6 |
Nav Maharashtra Vyayamshala, (Kanjur) |
18 |
15 |
33 |
|
8 |
10-12-07 |
4 to 6 |
Kokan Nagar (Bhandup) |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
9 |
11-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Tata
Nagar (Bhandup) |
8 |
15 |
23 |
|
4 to 6 |
Kaju Tekdi (Bhandup) |
0 |
13 |
13 |
||
|
10 |
13-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Ramabai Nagar (Bhandup) |
22 |
0 |
22 |
|
4 to 6 |
Kokan Nagar (Bhandup) |
1 |
3 |
4 |
||
|
11 |
14-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Tata
Nagar (Bhandup) |
16 |
10 |
26 |
|
4 to 6 |
Hanuman Tekdi (Bhandup) |
5 |
9 |
14 |
||
|
12 |
15-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Shivkrupa Nagar (Bhandup) |
20 |
10 |
30 |
|
4 to 6 |
Tulshetpada (Bhandup) |
5 |
10 |
15 |
||
|
13 |
16-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Nav Maharashtra Vyayamshala, (Kanjur) |
9 |
16 |
25 |
|
14 |
17-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Ramabai Nagar (Bhandup) |
18 |
8 |
26 |
|
4 to 6 |
Kokan Nagar (Bhandup) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
15 |
18-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Tata
Nagar (Bhandup) |
21 |
24 |
45 |
|
4 to 6 |
Kaju Tekdi (Bhandup) |
4 |
8 |
12 |
||
|
16 |
19-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Shivkrupa Nagar (Bhandup) |
3 |
22 |
25 |
|
4 to 6 |
Tulshetpada (Bhandup) |
4 |
2 |
6 |
||
|
17 |
20-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Ramabai Nagar (Bhandup) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
18 |
21-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Tata Nagar (Bhandup) |
14 |
23 |
37 |
|
4 to 6 |
Hanuman
Tekdi (Bhandup) |
13 |
12 |
25 |
||
|
19 |
22-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Shivkrupa Nagar (Bhandup) |
14 |
9 |
23 |
|
4 to 6 |
Tulshetpada (Bhandup) |
3 |
3 |
6 |
||
|
20 |
23-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Nav Maharashtra Vyayamshala, (Kanjur) |
7 |
10 |
17 |
|
21 |
24-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Ramabai Nagar (Bhandup) |
7 |
23 |
30 |
|
22 |
25-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Tata Nagar (Bhandup) |
9 |
19 |
28 |
|
23 |
26-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Shivkrupa Nagar (Bhandup) |
23 |
16 |
39 |
|
4 to 6 |
Tulshetpada (Bhandup) |
4 |
11 |
15 |
||
|
24 |
27-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Ramabai Nagar (Bhandup) |
17 |
8 |
25 |
|
4 to 6 |
Kokan Nagar (Bhandup) |
5 |
3 |
8 |
||
|
25 |
28-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Tata
Nagar (Bhandup) |
5 |
10 |
15 |
|
4 to 6 |
Hanuman Tekdi (Bhandup) |
3 |
12 |
15 |
||
|
26 |
29-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Shivkrupa Nagar (Bhandup) |
21 |
29 |
50 |
|
4 to 6 |
Tulshetpada (Bhandup) |
3 |
11 |
14 |
||
|
27 |
30-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Nav Maharashtra Vyayamshala, (Kanjur) |
3 |
7 |
10 |
|
28 |
31-12-07 |
11 to 2 |
Ramabai Nagar (Bhandup) |
19 |
15 |
34 |
|
4 to 6 |
Kokan Nagar (Bhandup) |
3 |
2 |
5 |
||
|
Total |
422 |
446 |
868 |
|||
44 camps held in the month of December which includes 23 morning camps and 21 evening camps. 868 patients were performed complete check-up and given medicines.
We request the citizen of all nearby areas to visit the centre and take benefits of all the medication / health related problems.
SLUM SANITATION – ‘NIRMAL MMR ABHIYAN’:
Last month we had mentioned that Yuvak Pratishthan has awarded and
selected to construct toilet blocks. Three
more cities Panvel, Pen and Alibaug are added in the list for construction
of toilet blocks. The details
are as under:
|
Sr. No. |
Name of City |
Number of Seats allocated |
|
1 |
Thane |
1510 |
|
2 |
Kalyan-Dombivali |
760 |
|
3 |
Ulhas Nagar |
456 |
|
4 |
Ambernath |
380 |
|
5 |
Bhiwandi |
610 |
|
6 |
Mira Road/Bhyandar |
760 |
|
7 |
Nalasopara |
418 |
|
8 |
Navghar Manikpur |
150 |
|
9 |
Vasai |
170 |
|
10 |
Virar |
364 |
|
11 |
Panvel |
100 |
|
12 |
Uran |
130 |
|
13 |
Pen |
50 |
|
14 |
Alibaug |
150 |
|
Total |
6008 |
|
Preliminary
work is being started in all the above cities.
Contacts with City Municipal Offices and local leaders, site
identification / survey etc. continue this month.
CENTRE
FOR SLUM STUDIES:
Following activities done during the month:
Full
day Field visit was arranged on 19.12.07 at Karve Nagar, Kanjur marg,
under MMRDA-ERM Project. The
visit includes 3 sites with 31 people.
The sites are: 1) Hotel Orchid-Jogeshwari, 2) Excel Industries-Vile
Parle, 3) Nagri Niwara Parishad–Goregaon.
Special
Lectures were delivered between 24.12.07 to 29.12.07 on various subjects
as per the details given below:
|
Date |
Subject |
Lecturer |
Participants |
|
24.12.07 |
Bad
Habits; spitting & Pan-Tobacco chewing |
Ms.
Seema Redkar (MCGM) |
80
Women |
|
25.12.07 |
Solid
Waste Management |
Mrs.
Poonam Huddar |
68
Women |
|
26.12.07 |
Interaction
with Water Management |
Mrs.
Suprabha Marathe |
76
Women |
|
27.12.07 |
Cause
of Fire & Safety |
Mr.
Subhash Rane (Fire
Brigade Dept) |
60
Women |
|
28.12.07 |
Electricity,
Average Monthly bill, Service quality |
Mr.
Ashok Chavan (MSEDCL) |
153
Women |
|
29.12.07 |
Disaster
Management |
Mr.
Ravindra Kudi (Civil
Defence Dept.) |
57
Women |
Drawing
competition was arranged for children residing at Karve Nagar Kanjurmarg,
where 36 Children were participated.
PALAVI KENDRA : Ante-Natal Care (ANC) of the pregnant women mobilization in Four Administrative Wards of Greater Mumbai; 'A' ward, ‘E’ ward, 'G South' ward, and ‘S’ ward were covered during the month.
Our Out Reach Workers visited families in their respective wards, interacted with them and guided them about the health related problems. They were counselled, guided and given proper guidance on health related matters, HIV & PPTCT Centre, Prevention and Family Planning.
Community meetings were held for Mahila Mandals, Health Posts, Beauty Parlor, Small Industries, Vyayamshala etc. The participants have been informed about Palavi Kendra. IEC material and booklets for awareness distributed among them.
Few of the children are under regular follow-up of the organisation.
|
Activities |
A Ward |
E Ward |
G South Ward |
S Ward |
||
|
Family Visited |
1297 |
3223 |
5099 |
3186 |
||
|
Counselling |
Male |
1393 |
2980 |
4768 |
2399 |
|
|
Female |
1297 |
3327 |
5046 |
2092 |
||
|
Male
Children |
1261 |
2465 |
4058 |
3600 |
||
|
Female
Children |
1153 |
2539 |
3287 |
3325 |
||
|
ANC
Found |
27 |
39 |
78 |
32 |
||
|
ANC
Mobilized |
05 |
03 |
06 |
06 |
||
|
STD
/ STI Cases Registered |
- |
05 |
01 |
- |
||
|
Agreed
for VCTC |
Male |
- |
- |
04 |
- |
|
|
Female |
- |
- |
06 |
01 |
||
|
+ve
Delivery |
01 |
05 |
- |
02 |
||
|
HIV
+ve Cases Found |
Hospital |
- |
10 |
- |
03 |
|
|
Outside |
- |
- |
- |
- |
||
|
Community
Meetings |
No. |
02 |
07 |
06 |
04 |
|
|
Participants |
44 |
110 |
93 |
203 |
||
|
Follow-up
Children |
10 |
70 |
03 |
16 |
||
|
CD4 |
01 |
06 |
- |
01 |
||
Yuvak Pratishthan’s Samarpan Arogya Kendra: In the month of December, the patients visited to the centre and benefited through Allopathic, Homeopathy treatment and for pathological tests are as under:
|
Type of Treatment |
New patients |
Old patients |
Total patients visited |
|
Allopathic |
296 |
877 |
1173 |
|
Homeopathy |
67 |
- |
67 |
|
Pathology |
42 |
- |
42 |
|
Sonography |
13 |
- |
13 |
|
X-ray |
00 |
- |
00 |
|
Iv |
09 |
- |
09 |
|
Consultancy |
27 |
- |
27 |
|
Total |
454 |
877 |
1331 |
All the patients were treated with proper medication & counseling about their health related problems. Pathological tests were done at very concessional rates.
We would like to inform that the centre has started X-ray and Sonography facility at very concessional rates. Patients are requested to visit the centre to avail this facility on nominal charges.
JEEVAN AASHA : This month, 58 patients visited our office and registered under Jeevan Aasha. 41 patients in all have received financial assistance this month from different Trusts for different ailments. Others are under process. Category of the patients / cases:
|
Category |
No. of patients visited |
Received Financial Assistance |
|
Heart |
13 |
11 |
|
Kidney |
04 |
02 |
|
Cancer |
05 |
04 |
|
Brain |
01 |
01 |
|
Others |
24 |
18 |
|
Enquiry |
06 |
- |
|
CT SCAN |
03 |
03 |
|
MRI |
02 |
02 |
|
T.B. |
02 |
02 |
|
Total |
60 |
43 |
Besides, we have received more than 500 phone calls for enquiry / assistance during the month.
Patients for CT-Scan, MRI cases were forwarded to private institutions to be done at very concessional rates i.e. up to 60% & 50% discount respectively in their charges.
We are receiving regular appreciation and gratitude from the patients.
We express our heartiest gratitude to all the trusts / hospitals / doctors / social activists, for extending their support / help to the poor and needy patients for their surgery / treatment.
Every week around 30 patients, which includes both male & female have been attending and taking benefits of yoga every Monday.
We sincerely thanks, appreciate our co-workers
for fulfilling
their duties, and extending support in these activities.
D. K. SHRIVASTAVA
Yuvak Pratishthan