Rebuilding Lives : Health, Education & Livelihood

Ongoing  Work by Samarpann :

 Back To School

1. Installing Water Purifiers In Schools

Due to the lack of access to clean drinking water, many children fall sick by drinking contaminated water from unsafe sources like hand pumps and borewell pipes. These contaminated water can even transmit diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera and typhoid.
According to a survey, polluted water killed around 7 people every day in 2018 and these diseases were known to affect children below five years the most, accounting for 60% of total deaths.
Through this campaign, Samarpann is trying to provide safe drinking water to these children. They have identified more than 41 schools from the rural parts of India where they are going to install water purifiers with enough capacity to meet the requirements of the children in the school.

       2. Stationary Kits To School Going Kids

Children belonging to the poor economic strata run a high risk of getting dropped out of school in the aftermath of Covid-19. Hence we are ensuring that the basic necessities of education are taken care of and children are not forced into daily wage or agricultural activities.  We are providing educational material in the form of ‘Adhyayan Kit‘ (School bag, 6 notebooks, stationary, drawing books, colour pencils/crayons) to the children studying in Govt schools which will take care of their education needs for a year. The cost of each Adhyayan kit is Rs 850/- and we are planning to cover 1500 kids in the Govt schools in Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra.

Past Relief Works by Samarpann :

1. Providing livelihood to the women from Self Helping Group in Changlang district and distributing reusable sanitary pads in the rural areas of Arunachal Pradesh.
2. Poshan Se Roshan – Supporting nutrition of 100 kids from low income group in Nashik.
3. Empowering rural artisans in restarting their livelihood amid COVID pandemic in Uttrakhand.

1. Providing Livelihood To Women From SHG And Distributing Reusable Sanitary Pads

In India about 332 million women menstruate and only 42% follow safe menstrual hygiene practices. These statistics of the normal times can only be worsening in the times of a pandemic.

When COVID-19 hit India, while the first thought that hit everyone was about empty stomachs, with their wide experience, doctors of Samarpan felt that there was an immense need to give information about hygiene, sanitation and menstrual health apart from giving them meals. Not only this, they took it a step ahead and found a way to solve the problem of unemployment too in one of the remotest part of India.

Under their REBUILDING LIVES Project, Samarpan is supporting a women SHG unit at Changlang District in Arunachal Pradesh that are manufacturing Reusable Sanitary Pads.
Under this project, Samarpan has provided them machinery and raw materials for manufacture of Reusable Sanitary Pads which will scale up their production capacity and increase their source of income which has been severely impacted due to the lockdown.

Further, the finished product of these sanitary pads are bought by the Samarpan and, with the help and coordination of district administration, they are being distributed to women from various remote and secluded parts of Arunachal Pradesh.

Thus, Smarpan is not only ensuring livelihood support to the women in the SHG but are also providing a safe menstrual hygiene to the poor women in various rural and tribal villages by giving them access to the reusable Sanitary Pads that will ensure their menstrual hygiene needs for at least a year.

2. Poshan Se Roshan – Supporting Nutrition Of 100 Kids From Low Income Group In Nashik

 3. Empowering Rural Artisans In Restarting Their Livelihood Amid COVID Pandemic 

About Samarpann : 

Samarpann has been doing stellar work in the areas of primary healthcare and inclusive education.In order to make water, sanitation and hygiene accessible to all, Dr Ruma Bhargava and Dr Rahul Pagare set up an NGO in 2015 and named it Samarpann. Dr Ruma’s sister Dr Megha also helps from time to time in Samarpann’s work.  Dr Ruma Bhargava went on to pursue masters in public health administration after the completion of her dentistry education. After the completion of her masters, she worked in various health care programs of the Govt of India such as mission Indradanush etc., During these projects she understood that the need was far more than what the govt was able to satisfy. Thus when Samarpann began its work they were very clear from the very beginning that Samarpann will have its focus on primary healthcare and inclusive education.

For more inquiries , kindly reach Samarpann through :
www.samarpann.org
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