Health & Nutrition

Mainstream Social Welfare Foundation
Mainstream Social Welfare Foundation, through its Health & Nutrition Programmes wants to reach 1 million children in 5 years. Every child, no matter who they are or where they come from, to be healthy.

Come, join our mission to guarantee good Health & Nutrition to Every Last Child!

In India, we have faced a multitude of issues but undeterred, we have devised several solutions that help us continue sharing the gift of health & nutrition with underprivileged children.
Here, take a look.

THE PROBLEM

Malnutrition in India has scarred the lives of millions of children; it is home to 46.6 million stunted children, a third of the world’s total as per the Global Nutrition Report 2018.

  • INDIA’S CHILDREN STRUGGLE WITH MALNOURISHMENT
  • MALNOURISHMENT DETERS BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
  • CHILDREN SUCCUMB TO DISEASES AND INFECTION BECAUSE OF MALNOURISHMENT
  • MATERNAL HEALTH AMONG GIRLS BELOW 18 YEARS IS JEOPARDIZED
  • UNEDUCATED PARENTS REMAIN UNAWARE OF CAUSE & EFFECT OF MALNOURISHMENT
  • CHILDREN STRUGGLE WITH HYGIENE & LACK OF SANITATION
  • APPALLING STATUS OF MENSTRUAL HYGIENE AMONG GIRLS

BE A PART OF OUR SOLUTION

  • MOTHER’S GROUPS-We have helped create and manage Mother’s Groups, where we provide them with basic education and means to ensure proper nutrition and care of their children.
  • EDUCATION & TRAINING– We train & educate an Accredited Social Health Activist and Auxiliary Nurse Midwife workers for their role of giving life-saving aid to infants, young children, and mothers.
  • BUILD AWARENESS-We create awareness around Accredited Social Health Activist and Auxiliary Nurse Midwife.
  • SPEAK ON PREVALENT ISSUES-We work with children, adolescents and their families to bring awareness on Maternal Newborn Health (MNH), Child Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH), Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) and Urban Health.
  • PROVISION OF MEALS-We provide high-energy & nutritious meals to malnourished children to improve their Mid Upper Arm Circumference, which is used as an assessment of nutritional status.
  • ROLE OF ANGANWADI CENTRES– We ensure children are enrolled in Anganwadi centres where they are fed nutritious food.
  • BUILDING HEALTH CENTERS– We work to build the capacity of healthcare centers and Anganwadi centers so that they can cater to more children.
  • BUILDING TOILETS– We work to install and facilitate installation of toilets in communities and homes where children and people openly defecate.
  • CONVERSATION AROUND MENSTRUATION– We work to provide crucial knowledge about menstrual, sexual, and reproductive health to adolescents and community members. We also help with community acceptance of menstrual hygiene and removal of stigma around menstrual health.
  • MANUFACTURE & USE OF SANITARY NAPKINS– We collectively work to empower girls to procure, manufacture, and use sanitary napkins.
  • PREVENTION OF INFECTION-BASED DEATHS– We are consistently engaged in preventing incidence of (and deaths due to) Pneumonia, Diarrhea and infection among infants and children in the most vulnerable urban and rural areas.
  • ENGAGE MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPERTS– We se ek counsel from experts like specialists, medical doctors, doctors of philosophy, public health professionals, social scientists etc.

We are so close to our goal; we are positive that through your help and support,
We will reach and help many more children in need. Your contribution has the power to give life to a child.

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OUR INITIATIVES

School Children Session on Healthy Well-Being

This activity focuses on the psychological benefits of physical activity in children, which has been a rather neglected theme in health promotion research in recent decades. This study is one of the largest physical activity intervention projects to promote psychosocial well-being among children and adolescents. This study is designed to gain knowledge on a variety of implementation issues and to provide detailed information on project distribution and challenges at the school level.

Sanitary Napkin Supplementation at Low Cost

Poor women, especially in rural areas, struggle to get clean cloth for their monthly management every month. There is a lack of awareness about menstrual health and hygiene. Living in a culture of shame and silence, they end up using poor alternatives like rags and ashes, or worse they use nothing. That’s why through this initiative we have distributed free pads and organized awareness meetings on their daily misery around these basic needs.

Nutrition for Zero Hunger

A world without hunger is possible, but it is time to take action! Governments cannot do it alone. We all have to come forward to give proper nutrition to hunger bitten. It is a well-documented fact that hunger is the leading cause of death globally. Our Zero Hunger Initiative strongly claims that hunger can be eradicated in our lifetime but that massive effort is needed to ensure that every man, woman, and child enjoy the right to adequate food.

Health Camps

We all know very well that health is our wealth. To protect this wealth we have to care for ourselves. We have been conducting the comprehensive Health Program since we established our organization. This includes free health check-ups and Medicine distribution, awareness campaigning through seminars, camps & rallies, and nutritional support. Besides treatment, we emphasize awareness camps to combat preventable diseases.

Importance of Yoga & Meditation for Healthy Lifestyle

The current lifestyle of the people is very much in need of yoga and meditation and these two must be placed at a higher level for the overall development of an individual. Meditation and yoga can directly contribute to improving mental concentration and concentration in everyone. It involves a combination of long, deep, slow breathing, as well as emotional concentration. Yoga combines strength and flexibility exercises with relaxation and meditation.

Nutri Garden To Increase Consumption of Veggies in Household

Nutri Garden is a method of growing vegetables in the backyard of the house or growing veggies In the pots or developing a kitchen garden on the terrace of the house. These are some methods. We saw that in majority houses vegetables not buying due to high prices of the vegetables and regularly not available in the nearby area. So, we have a session to teach the villages to grow the veggies for themselves. So, that they can get fresh veggies, without pesticides, immediately at the doorsteps, they can save money, time, it gives happiness and entertainment to live with plants and get enrich about vitamins and minerals for their body growth. It helps to Increase the Consumption of Veggies in Households. Ultimately it will contribute for reduce vitamin deficiency in children, mothers, and old age people.