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We typically conduct 2 health check up camps at each of our supported schools including Ashramshalas. The first set of camps happen as soon as schools open and in the initial period of monsoon when illnesses are at their peak. Second set is towards the end of academic year and just before the exams – i.e. in Jan and Feb.
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Suvarna Prashan camp was arranged on 15-Dec-19 (in Pushya Nakshatra as per Hindu Calendar) in Kandivali, Mumbai. 32 children were administered with medicine and were also provided with free consultation.
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Post Diwali, once parents of kids are generally free from their work on their farms, we arrange meeting with parents in all our schools. In parents meeting, we try to cover multiple topics including taking few basic hygiene related care, noticing few health related things and bring it to teachers/our doctors’ notice, areas in which […]
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Suvarna Prashan camp was arranged on 18-Nov-19 (in Pushya Nakshatra as per Hindu Calendar) in Kandivali, Mumbai. 34 children were administered with medicine and were also provided with free consultation.
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We visited Talyachapada and Guravpada on 16th Nov 2019. Apart from discussing the day to day issues, we had a plan to interact with the kids to assess their general awareness, communication skills and learning ability.
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Suvarna Prashan camp was arranged on 22-Oct-19 (in Pushya Nakshatra as per Hindu Calendar) in Kandivali, Mumbai. 28 children were administered with medicine and were also provided with free consultation.
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We conduct eye checkup in three stages. First stage deals with the teachers doing the first round of screening at their schools. The suspect cases are brought to Vikramgadh for the testing by professional optician. The cases of high myopia or any other complex eye problems are then finally examined at Jyotirmay Clinic Thane. We had identified 7 kids for the advanced treatment. Five cases were old, wherein we had to follow up. There were two new cases, wherein the kids showed very poor vision in one eye.
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For eye checkup earlier, we used to take a combination of ophthalmologist and optometrist to the schools. This model was ok, if we had to check around 60 to 70 in a day. However, when we had to cover 500 odd kids, it was impossible to even complete the basic optometry (Checking the basic vision against the chart).
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Suvarna Prashan Sanskar is one of the 16 essential rituals described in ancient Ayurveda for children. In this process Suvarna bhasma (purified ash of gold) is administered with fortified ghee prepared with herbal extracts, and honey in liquid or semisolid form to children of age group of 0-12 yrs. This is administered in Pushya Nakshatra- an auspicious day- which happens to come after every 27 days, given on this day it bestows excellent benefits.
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Barafpada has 69 students up to 5th standard. We also gave tetanus injection of 24 kids including 15 kids from the first standard. The effect of these injections would be there for at least three years. Most of the challenges were related to seasonal issues. While one team was checking kids in the school, set of team members spoke with villagers about their plans associated with water conservation next year. Barafpada is one such place where water level goes down as early as February of the year, much before the start of summer. We could not work with the village last year as they were tied up digging another well for water. But it is high time they work on water conservation – an act to ensure that water percolates in the ground before they work on taking it out – using wells.
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