Health awareness programme was conducted for the schools students in Cuddalore . The children were sensitized about the importance of washing their hands before and after eating and exercising daily and the importance of playing sports and inculcating other healthy habits to avoid falling sick. The children were asked to share their daily routines and the steps they took every day to maintain hygiene. The children learnt a lot from the session and promised to follow all the good habits in feature and have been taught about good touch and bad touch and how to save themselves from the sexual approach of the criminals. we taught about the various viral infections and remedies to them. We also taught about the cleanliness of reproductive organs to the higher secondary students and adolescent female children.
PHYSIOTHERAPHY CLINIC
We are providing physiotherapy exercises for the elderly people. Many elders are suffered because of strokes and paralysis attack.We gave counselling to them to get confident and self courage to left out from the health issues.Many grand parents were getting cure through our physiotheraphy exercises and medicines.We appointed regular Doctor and Nurses for continuous treatment and exercises to them. We are providing healthy foods to them for getting better health.
MICRO FINANCING
Benefit for rural poor households Self-help has aimed at enhancing profitability for rural people. The low economic growth of this country was perceived to be due to lack of capital resources, especially in rural areas . Microfinance through SHG has become a ladder for the poor to bring them up not only economically but also socially, mentally and attitudinally and above all help them break through the stronghold of exploitative money lenders.We provided loans without interests to the rural downtrodden people through the women self help groups.We gave vocational training and capacity building training to the welfare of the poor rural women.
SHORT STAY FACILITY FOR WOMEN
Women at some times who face domestic violence, leave their homes. They may wander around aimlessly putting themselves at risk as they have no place to go. The SHORT STAY FACILITY offered by WIN FOUNDATION is a refuge for them. It provides shelter for about 15- days to 3 - months and gives Counselling, Legal and Medical assistance. Young rural women those who faced violence by the husband and in-laws and house members came here. We called the family members and gave counselling to the victim and their family members. When the victims came to our home they are fully in the confused stage. Through our therapy and counselling we make them clear.
FREE LIBRARY
For leisure and learning, MAKKAL free library is open to the public in Cuddalore. It is a boon to many students as plenty of reference books are available here. There are more than 10000 books on various subjects available in this library. Leading dailies are available for senior citizens.
Women Empowerment
In today's scenario, women need not to sit back considering dreadful consequences of the male dominated society. World has become more liberal in terms of giving extensive leverage to the women's overall lifestyle. But in India, women are still facing issues related to their safety, status and future. Though, as per recent survey, we can say that Indian urban women are getting empowerment in the sectors like education, politics, the work force and even more power within their own households.
So to empower women from rural areas, SDES has come up with different solutions, which include:
- A consortium of Self Help Groups, NGOs, Training and placement companies for Micro credit, Vocational training and Entrepreneurship development programmes for women.
- Village self-help groups in which women independently establish financial institutions that manage profit- making programs.
- Assistance in organization's Community Action for Safe Motherhood Program, which provides training and ongoing technical support to NGOs.
- Establishment of workshops that introduce microenterprises to those in tribal communities; help provide skills training to increase levels of employment and reduce migration; and empower women to create their own income-generating activities.
- Awareness programmes for the public about women's issues to ensure that local women receive equal opportunities and compensation, while promoting gender sensitivity.
- Through the IECmaterials we had given awareness about drugs and their side effects.
- We conducted many Autocampaigns to give awareness about AIDS.
- Through the women self help group we gave awareness about marine litter management.
- We conducted awareness programme about climate changes and its effects to the coastal villagers also.
Also for women in India, we have an extensive idea for organizing training programs for Women Empowerment with the co-operation of Ministry of Minority Welfare, Govt. of India in various states, where women will be trained for:
- How to avoid crimes against them.
- Their rights relating to Education and Livelihood.
Also, we provide opportunities, facilities and services available to women under schemes of Central and State Govts. In the areas of Health, Hygiene and Sanitation, Nutrition, Immunization, Family Planning, Disease Control, Fair Price Shops, Drinking Water and Electricity Supply, Housing, Self & Wage Employment etc. We also educate them about their legal rights under RTI and other acts including Registration under Aadhar Card Dealing with Post Offices, Banks, Panchayat Raj Institutions etc.