Project Gram Mitra Samaj Sevi Sansthan (GMSSS)

Campaign Story

About the project

In Korba, Chhattisgarh education and malnutrition are two very huge problems faced by the communities living there. Lack of access to quality education and infrastructure results in children dropping out of school and getting involved in labor.

Making a difference

CRY America’s project GMSSS works towards creating children’s collectives, sensitizing the SMCs, ensuring children in the age of 3 to 6 years attend preschool and teacher learning manual support is provided to teachers. The key activities under the project are vulnerability mapping, awareness generation for anemia testing, and construction of AWC and school in Sardih.

The way forward

● Motivate 288 School Management Committee (SMC) members to ensure SMC meetings on a monthly basis
● Conduct 10 sessions for children collectives and 10 session of adolescent collectives on child center module
● 305 + new identified children enrolled in Anganwadi Centers
● Ensure enrollment of 30 dropout children
● 40 adolescents will go for college admission by the end of this year’s session.
● 1686 households to be linked with social security schemes

● Sensitization of SMC members on CR and COVID-19 issues through regular meetings
● Building 32 adolescent collectives with 480 adolescents girls as members
● Ensuring 100% grade transition from class V to VI
● Tracking of all pregnant women for immunization
● Organizing health camps with follow-up from Health department as well as block level and Panchayat officials

Project Impact

children enrolled in school

27

Dropout (15-18 years) admitted through open school

adolescent girls underwent anemia testing

100%

Vulnerable families linked with social security schemes

SMCs sensitized

170

SMC members were sensitized

children passed 10th grade exam and promoted to the next grade

7

New children collectives formed

children were covered under psychosocial well-being in the context of COVID

191

Meetings of adolescent collectives organized

Last Year’s Grant Disbursed: $17,739

Current Year’s Approved Grant

Education$15,855

Administration$3,901

Total Budget$19,756

Promoting Anaemia-Free Living in Rural Chhattisgarh

In Korba District Chhattisgarh, the organization along with Department of Women and Child Development and Community Health Center Kartala is working towards sensitization for making the community anemia free.

Hemoglobin test is continuously motivating the beneficiaries and health camps are being organized in association with the Health Department and adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating women of all villages are being screened for anaemia. 215 adolescent girls who have been tested for hemoglobin. Among them 1 teenage girl with hemoglobin of 4gm/dl was admitted to district hospital. She was saved by blood transfusion and iron folic acid syrup was administered.

Along with this, the project team encouraged people to eat protein, greens and vegetables etc. The above-mentioned teenage girl is healthy in today’s scenario. In order to increase the blood volume, they are advised to take iron folic acid syrup regularly along with a nutritious diet.

A healthy meal with necessary nutrients is promoted in Anganwadi centers. The project team is working towards spreading awareness about nutritious food. In Suposhan Chaupal, a variety of green vegetables and fruits and vegetables that contain protein and vitamins are included and information about their benefits is provided.

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