Medical Camps

Medical Camps – Aug 2023

Monsoon typically brings minor illnesses amongst kids. This results into absence from school and also loss of their study and indirectly better nutrition (which otherwise they get along with their mid-day meal through a program which we run on school days). Children also get exposed to change of weather. Hence, this is the period when […]

Medical Camps – Apr 2023

Suhrid Foundation conducts camp for health check-up of 650 children from all our supported 10 schools. In the month of April 2023, Suhrid Foundation conducted medical camps for all schools before end of academic year 2022-23. From this session onwards, we had decided to request parents of children to also join during the camp – at least for 1st and 2nd standard kids. This ensured following things:

Parents could articulate problems better (eg any repetitive illness)
Parents could understand dosage of medicines better – reducing burden from teachers and also bringing-in ownership of administering medicines to kids at home
Parents could also be guided on better nutrition and taking care of their ward’s health – for which otherwise Suhrid Foundation used to arrange for separate parents’ meeting.

Main observation from the camp was – need for rebuilding up of enthusiasm and coordination amongst teachers, re-focus on nutrition and health, rekindling of all projects and processes – which were impacted due to lock-down period for around 2 years. We decided to work on this as soon as academic process starts back in Jun 2023.

Phase 1 Medical Camp – BFP KMP

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. 

Phase 1 Medical Camp – KG, KP, TP and KLP

We had our next leg of medical camps on 25th August covering 4 schools. First leg was held at Khandeghar, wherein we examined 55 kids. Interestingly, the kids, who had left the school last year, too were present to volunteer and support the teachers. While most of the kids followed very good hygiene, typical rainy season related challenges viz skin problems, fever, stomach-ache were found in a few kids.

New School Support – Maan Ashram Shala

Maan Ashram Shala at Vikramgadh has been in existence for last five decades. It has 625 students till class 10th. Kids get three meals a day including Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. While they do get support in terms of the clothes, stationery, infrastructure etc, they don’t have regular medical support and hence Suhrid Foundation decided to support this school for health.