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Social Sector Services for
the people in SRSO operational area are almost non existent. Female health is
in bad shape. Maternity cases are not attended causing deaths. Even locally
trained delivery attendants called “Dais’ are not present. Infant mortality is
higher. People do not have access to safe drinking water. Leave alone total
sanitation, the latrines are also not available. Education, especially female
education, is another problem area. Public sector schools are not functioning
to the desired level. Lot of the rural talent goes waste.
SRSO realizes its
responsibility and commitment to serve the poor communities. Hence it has
established a full fledged Social Services Sector to deliver the services like
health, education, environmental sanitation including safe drinking water.
Section has been assigned to:
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assist the communities in
addressing their needs in the areas of primary education, basic health,
sanitation and drinking water.
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act as an intermediary
between communities, government agencies and other NGOs in order to deliver
services.
The sector
is presently focusing on health and education services under the strategies
mutually developed by SRSO and RSPN. Under this strategy series of Health &
Education workshops have been organized which were attended by male & female
CO members, followed by formation of implementation committees. Experts
belonging to line departments/NGOs were engaged as resource persons. It has developed its strategy with the assistance
of RSPN.
The SSS activities include:
- To ensure community participation in various projects being designed
and implemented at various levels, especially focusing on children
and women;
- Training of Traditional Birth
Attendants;
- Triggering for Community Led Total
Sanitation (CLTS) & Open Defecation Free Environment;
- Mobile Health Camps;
- Community Health Session;
- Introduce Water Filter Bags for Clean Drinking Water;
- Scaling up coverage of effective vector control
measures in high risk areas;
- Strengthening and building management capacity of National Malaria
Control Project to coordinate, plan, implement and monitor effective
curative & preventive interventions nationwide. The project is funded by
GFATM.
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