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MEETING HEALTH NEED OF URBAN POOR
[ Annual Report for the Year 2010-11
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Table of Contents
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................... 3
CHAPTER 1: BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF UDAAN SOCIETY................................................................................................ 1
CHAPTER 2: ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE .......................................................................................................................... 2
2.1 QUARTERLY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUP MEETING .................................................................................................... 2
2.2 CONVERGENCE MEETING ................................................................................................................................................. 2
2.3 ORIENTATION OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS ......................................................................................................................... 3
2.4 WORLD POPULATION WEEK ............................................................................................................................................. 3
2.5 FORMATIVE RESEARCH OF JHCCP ..................................................................................................................................... 3
2.6 VISIT BY FHI, VICE PRESIDENT AND CONSULTANTS................................................................................................................ 3
2.7 UDAAN OFFICE VISIT..................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.8 PEER EDUCATOR FELICITATION AWARD .............................................................................................................................. 4
2.9 CONSUMER FACILITATION PROGRAMME ............................................................................................................................. 5
2.10 NUKKAD NATAK IN SLUM AREAS ..................................................................................................................................... 5
2.11 ORIENTATION OF RMP MEETING .................................................................................................................................... 5
2.12 ORIENTATION TRAININGS OF THE STAFF ............................................................................................................................ 6
2.13 COMMUNITY MEETINGS ................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.14 FORMATION OF STAKEHOLDER GROUP MEETINGS .............................................................................................................. 6
2.15 FRONTLINE WORKER MEETINGS...................................................................................................................................... 7
2.16 SERVICE DELIVERY DAY.................................................................................................................................................. 7
2.17 AGRA ORIENTATION MEETING ........................................................................................................................................ 7
2.18 PARTICIPATION IN RALLY OF POLIO AND FEMALE FOETICIDE .................................................................................................. 8
CHAPTER 3: OTHER ASSIGNMENTS OF UDAAN SOCIETY ............................................................................................... 9
3.01 GLOBAL GIVING ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
3.02 GUIDE STAR ................................................................................................................................................................ 9
3.03 LIC JEEVAN MADHUR POLICY ......................................................................................................................................... 9
3.04 MOTHER DAIRY ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
3.05 TECHNOPAK .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.06 CHILD LINE ................................................................................................................................................................ 10
3.07 MID DAY MEAL ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
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LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AIDS
ANM
ASHA
AWW
BCG
CDC
CMC
CMO
CPECAMI
CPR
CSG
CSM
DADI
DIP
DLHS
DMPA
DOT
DPO
DPT
DUDA
FBO
FHI
FMDC
FOGSI
FP
GT
HIV
HPD
ICDS
IHSDP
IPC
IUD
JHCCP
LHV
LMO
MTP
NGO
NH
NSV
OCP
ORW
PC
PD
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Auxiliary Nursing Midwife
Accredited Social Health Activist
Anganwadi Worker
Bacillus Calmette - Guérin
Centre for Disease Control
Community Mobilization Coordinator
Chief Medical Officer
Centre for Promotion of Education and Cultural advancement of Muslims of India
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
Community Stakeholder Group
Contraceptive Social Marketing
Doctor Apke Dwar
Detailed Implementation Plan
District Level Household and Facility Survey
Depot Medroxy progesterone Acetate
Directly Observed Therapy
District Programme Officer
Diphtheria, Pertusis Tetanus
District Urban Development Authority
Faith Based Organization
Family Health International
Field Monitoring and Documentation Coordinator
The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India
Family Planning
Grand Trunk
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
‘D’ type Health Post
Integrated Child Development Schemes
Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme
Inter-Personal Communication
Intra Uterine Device
John Hopkins center for Communication Program
Lady Health Visitor
Lady Medical Officer
Medical Termination of Pregnancy
Non Government Organization
National Highway
Non- Scalpel Vasectomy
Oral Contraceptive Pill
Outreach Worker
Project Coordinator
Project Director
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PE
RMP
RTI
SDD
ST (F)
STI
TBA
TO-COCM
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UNICEF
UN
UP
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Peer Educator
Registered Medical Practitioner
Reproductive Tract Infection
Service Delivery Days
Sterilization Female
Sexually Transmitted Infection
Trained Birth Attendant
Technical Officer for Community outreach and community mobilization
Tetanus
United Nations fund for Children
United Nations
Uttar Pradesh
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Chapter 1: Brief Introduction of UDAAN Society
UDAAN Society is basically an issue based, grass root, non-government organization registered on
December 13, 2004, under the Society Registration Act -1860 and is working in the most backward
regions of Aligarh and its surrounding areas. People at UDAAN strongly believe and promote
networks and alliances for advocacy of the rights of the most vulnerable and marginalized
communities.
The organization has its central office in Aligarh itself. We have supported governmental
programmes dealt with child labour, routine immunization, pulse polio programme, HIV/AIDS, and
Family Planning etc. The emphasis of our work is on awareness generation in terms of health
education, rights and duties of the people, poverty alleviation, social issues and dissemination of
schemes and programme related to development and welfare of general masses. In order to
generate understanding about these programmes, our team of volunteer organizes health camps,
rallies, wall writing, group meetings, awareness generation camps and other activities of mass
mobilization.
Our members of working committee as well as in general body are professionals in different
streams. They have competencies related to social work, financial administration, human resource
management, agriculture, law, public administration etc. with doctorate and Master Degrees in
their relevant fields. They are equipped with wide range of experience and exposure.
The major thrust of UDAAN Society is the rural development in which the building of human
communities, empowerment of rural women and education of the girl children rank supreme.
The evolution of the UDAAN Society is but manifestation of sincere selfless desire to serve the
mankind.
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Chapter 2: Activities at a Glance
During the Year 2010 - 11 the UDAAN Society contributed a lot in the achievement of goals
and objectives of the organization as a whole. Almost all the activities were replicated in
order to ensure the project goes with its pace. With Ten ORWs and Ninty Peer Educators,
UDAAN Society worked in the most backward and toughest areas of the Aligarh city.
During the period we came with so many activities and tried to initiate the project as per the
programme guidelines and detailed implementation plan. The summary of the activities
done, objectives, people participated and the outcomes are mentioned below.
2.1 Quarterly Community Stakeholder Group Meeting
The objectives of these meetings are too aware
the Community about the project goals. The most
active and influential community members are
invited in these meetings who have greater
acceptability and influence in the area. The
objectives, goal, strategies and programme
activities are oriented to them so that they can
spread the information about the project services.
Each Peer Educator needs to form at least one
group with five stakeholders in each area.
2.2 Convergence Meeting
The convergence meeting are organized to
disseminate the information at each and every
stratum of the slum through respective partners
which consist of UNICEF, Social Mobilization network,
BMC and their respective CMCs, Local Quacks,
Anganwadi workers, Shahayika’s, local political
leaders, Teachers, Dai etc. The points of discussion in
convergence meeting are the goal and objective of
UHI Project, Identification of beneficiaries and
information sharing about the potential beneficiaries
with social mobilization network. The UDAAN staff specially the Project Director and Project
Coordinator informs the general public in detail about the family planning project and call
for support to the programme as this will also cater to the need of Polio resistant families in
the area.
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2.3 Orientation of Stakeholder Meetings
The objectives of this Orientation of Stakeholder
Meetings are to orient all the Stakeholders of the
community about the goals of the project,
objective and Strategies of the program, issues of
Social Marketing and Contraceptives.
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Goals of the Project.
Objective and Strategies of the program.
Social Marketing.
Use of Contraceptives.
2.4 World Population Week
All the human resource of the UDAAN Society took active participation in World Population
Week observed in Deen Dayal Hospital from 11th to 17th of July, 2010. Before this we had
contributed in conveying the message in community through IPC with the help of Peer
Educators and displaying of banners at different locations. While on 11th and 12th of July
we participation in population day and supported in registration, counseling and over all
management of the programme. ORWs facilitated the patients in getting the services
whereas FMDC and PC both supported in registration and counseling services at the
hospital.
2.5 Formative Research of JHCCP
A study was made by Sambodhi Research Foundation, Delhi in slums to know how the
knowledge, awareness and use of contraceptives methods. This study was part of Formative
Research for the successful implementation of UHI project. Under the study, group meeting
individual in depth interview of Anganwadi and Doctors in the area was done. The group
meetings were held by preparing groups of newly married couples, couples with one child,
and couples with two or more than two children. In all thirty five interviews were done. The
whole activity was supported by ORWs and PE in their respective areas.
2.6 Visit by FHI, Vice President and
Consultants
In the month of September UHI consultant
Ms. Liza and Mariyam and vice president of
FHI Mr. Mike Welsh visited the organization’s
working area and met with beneficiaries of
male sterilization , female sterilization, DMPA
and IUD. Both the visits were successful as
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the visitors appreciated the work done by the organization and saw the worst condition of
slums too. Ms. Liza and Mariyam also visited UDAAN office and met with PD, PC, FMDC,
ORW of UDAAN and Sharman Sansthan both. Mr. Welsh in the field saw the Mapping and
listing exercise done by PE also visited the TO and NTOs in the Dori Nagar, Gandhi Nagar and
Bhujpura area. The visit was facilitated by Mr. Mukesh Sharma (City Manager), Mr.
Samarendra Behera (TOCOCM), Rashmi Mohanti from Delhi office, Sales Officers and
UDAAN team.
2.7 UDAAN Office Visit
In the year 2010 - 2011 a special visit was done by
Mrs. Elizabeth from FHI, Dr. Vijay, Mr. Lov Agarwal,
Mr. Bitra George from FHI, Mr. Gopal Mukerjee
(UHI Delhi) along with Mr. Mukesh Sharma (City
Manager UHI), Mr. Samarendra Behera (TOCOCM),
Mr. Y K Pandey (TO-SM), Ms. Rashmi Mohanty (UHI
Consultant), and Ms. Zakiya Arshad (TO Quality
Assurance) at Lodhipuram, UDAAN Office, Aligarh as
programme reviewer. The Purpose of Visit was to review how UHI project was initiated,
criteria for beneficiary selection, how and who to approach for family planning services.
Moreover, major achievements in UHI Programme till date, hindrances and support needed
from UHI team were also discussed. All the visitors talked with Project director, PC, FMDC
and ORW’s about the field realities and how they overcome with the challenges which come
forward in the field.
2.8 Peer Educator Felicitation Award
On December 19, 2010 UDAAN Society organized a
small Peer Educators Felicitation Award Ceremony
at Hotel Royal Residency. The chief guest for the
programme was Chief Medical Officer Family
Planning, Dr. Rakesh Kumar Khattar, Mr. Mukesh
Sharma (City Manager UHI), Mr. Samarendra
Behera (TOCOCM), Mrs. Rashmi Mittal (TO SM) Dr.
Abdul Waheed (Director of CPCEMI), DR. Mohd.
Shahid (Reader at Delhi University), Mr.
Gyanendra Mishra(Project Director), Mr. Lalit Upadhayay along with the Project
coordinator, Accountant, FMDC, ORW’s and Peer educators also participated in the
programme. One peer educator from each ORW area was selected for the award. The best
peer educator award was carried away by Mrs. Aneesa Begum for highest no. of cases and
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performing her duties with all the sincerities. The ORW award went to Faizan Ahmad for
providing highest number of contraceptive service at Bhujpura area.
2.9 Consumer Facilitation Programme
On December 14 and 15th, 2010 Urban Health
Initiative (UHI) under the guidance of Dr. Y.K.
Pandey organized a Consumer felicitation
programme in the areas of Naurangabad,
Ambedkar colony, Dori Nagar and Bhujpura slum
at Yuvraj and Heena Lodge respectively. The
objective of these programmes was to facilitate
the clients regarding the use of Condoms and
Combined Oral Pill and around 100 eligible
couples took participation in this programme. This Activity was supported by UDAAN Society
in which the Project coordinator along with the ORW and Peer Educator took Active
participation in order to make it successful.
2.10 Nukkad Natak in Slum Areas
Nukkad Nataks are organized at various slums of
Aligarh. The objective of these are to make public
aware about the advantages of various
Contraceptive methods as they are considered to
be more long lasting in comparison to other
modes of communication and it is very popular
among the general public. The infotainment mode
of the programme was to entertain as well as to
provide information on the issue of Family
Planning. The community realized that it was very
much informative and sensitized them as well.
2.11 Orientation of RMP Meeting
The Orientation of RMP meetings is held at
different slums in which Local Quacks along with
the chemist participate. The main mottos of these
meetings are to seek support from the quack as
they are first referral points at slum level in
absence of any qualified doctor. Most of the slum
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dwellers have full faith in them and they can easily motivate the daily patients who visit
them.
2.12 Orientation Trainings of the Staff
The basic objective of these training programmes
are to orient all the Peer educators and Outreach
workers (ORW) about the programme goals,
objectives, strategies, job responsibilities. It includes
specific one day orientation on various Family
planning contraceptives like Condoms, Oral
Combined Pills (OCP), and Male and Female
sterilization, Injectables etc. To add on these IPC, communication and mapping & listing
issues were also discussed.
2.13 Community Meetings
The objective of these Meetings is to spread
Knowledge about the Project in Slum Areas and to
improve the services which are provided through the
programme. All meetings are supported by ORW,
FMDC and held under the supervision of Project
Coordinator. In these meetings we discussed about
the Goal and objective of the Project, Mother and
Child related Diseases and their Problems.
Additionally, we discussed about the type of
Contraceptive, advantage of Contraceptive, how to use them and the services provided
under the Project for the community. The community was made aware about our running
Programmes and was ready to accept the services and gave assurance for full cooperation in
various activities.
2.14 Formation of Stakeholder Group Meetings
Community meetings were held at each slum areas
of first phase in order to identify the slum level
stakeholders who will help in implementing the
programme in their areas. The idea was to identify
most active and influential community members
through these meeting who have greater
acceptability in the area. The objectives, goal,
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strategies and programme activities were informed in these meeting to spread the
information about the project services. After the meetings now we have twenty nine
stakeholders groups who are ready to help and committed to support us in our project. For
wider publicity we did IPC exercise with the help of PE before the meeting and TO and NTOs
of the area was also informed to participate in these meetings.
2.15 Frontline Worker Meetings
The Frontline Worker meetings are organized to
disseminate the information at each and every
stratum of the slum through respective partners
which consist of AWW, ANM, ASHA, TBA, DOT
providers, D type health posts etc. The points of
discussion in Frontline Worker meetings are the goal
and objective of UHI Project, credibility building
about the programme, understanding about the
programmes
among
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government
stakeholders, identification of beneficiaries and information sharing about the potential
beneficiaries with social mobilization network. The UDAAN staff informs the general public
in detail about the UHI project and call for support in the programme as this will also cater
to the need of General public.
2.16 Service Delivery Day
During the year 2010 -11 Service Delivery Days were
organized at ‘D’ type health posts of Bhujpura,
K.K.Jain, Indra Nagar, and Naurangabad and along
with the M L G Hospital. Before the day the
prospective clients were screened by the Peer
Educators with the help of respective ORWs. Total
443 cases of IUD, 208 cases of DMPA, 180 cases of
Female Sterilization and twelve case of Male
Sterilization received service. In this way, UDAAN
Society was able to deliver contraceptive to 843
clients and it was only possible because of the sincere efforts of Project Director, Project
Coordinator, ORW and respective Peer Educators.
2.17 Agra Orientation Meeting
Two day orientation workshop was held in Agra on 10th and 11th June at Grant Hotel in
which Project Directors, Project Coordinators, FMDC participated from Aligarh and Agra
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District. The training program was felicitated by the Technical Advisor Dr. Sainath Banerjee,
City Manager, Technical Officers of Agra and Aligarh along with Technical Officer Quality
Assurance of Agra. The detail information was given on Goals, objectives and strategies,
responsibilities, structure of the people associated with the project and roadmap of the
project were defined. Planning and Implementation of the project in the area was given
special focus along with all the details of the project.
2.18 Participation in Rally of Polio and Female Foeticide
On February and March 26, 2011 UHI Partners,
UDAAN Society and Sharnam Sansthan Project
Coordinator’s along with their team participated in
the Polio and Female Foeticide Rally along with the
UHI Staff which constituted of Mr. Samarendra
Behera (TO COCM) and Mr. Y K Pandey (TO SM),
along with the Chief Development Officer (CDO) of
the City, SM NET UNICEF staff which constituted of
District
Mobilization
Coordinator,
District
Underserved Coordinator, Chief Medical Officer, ACMO, Chief Medical Superintendent,
Basic Shiksha Adhikari, World Health Organization SMO, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of
Health Department Family Welfare. The rally started from District Hospital and ended at
Gandhi eye Hospital. The objective of this rally was to make people aware about the female
foeticide and promote girl child.
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Chapter 3: Other Assignments of UDAAN Society
3.01 Global Giving
Global Giving is the project which Unleash the potential of people around the world to make
positive change happen. It builds an efficient, open, thriving marketplace that connects
people who have community and world-changing ideas with people who can support them.
Global Giving is changing the way people give, offering donors a transparent, high-impact
giving experience.
The project is implemented by UDAAN Society and it is basically for the children reside at
platform of Aligarh Junction. These children whose age ranges from 5-16 years don’t have
any option but to find themselves in the nexus of exploitation. Their exploitation ranges
from sexual, drug abuse, non-availability of education, exploitation by police, improper
living conditions, etc. The project will provide an opportunity of education as well as life skill
education to these children so that they can come out from the nexus of exploitation. The
children will be part of mainstream society and work for the upliftment of themselves as
well as community.
3.02 Guide Star
Guide Star India provides information of over 1000 NGOs in India in an easy to search
fashion to help users connect quickly with organization(s) working in the area of their choice
(location/ cause/ type of activity). All information is self-reported by NGOs, however,
organizations upload supporting documents such as their tax returns, registration
documents and audited accounts. Organizations have undergone different levels of due
diligence before being featured on this site. UDAAN society got registered with Guide Star
so that it can reach and get connected with more people.
3.03 LIC Jeevan Madhur Policy
Insurance and saving is the miracle for down trodden and people living with abject poverty.
As this is the group living in highest threat to life, their insurance cover is best social service.
When heard about the collaboration of CNRI with LIC for the JEEVAN MADHUR policy,
Organization took initiative to work on this issue. The best part of policy is that it is been
implemented through member NGOs of CNRI and not through any of the traditional agents.
3.04 Mother Dairy
Mother dairy project purpose is of collecting milk in and around Aligarh. UDAAN society
who is responsible for covering maximum area for collecting milk, reporting, organizing
group meetings with local farmers, coordinating in financial support from banks and other
institutions for livestock, supporting in immunization of livestock, and providing recent
technological updates to farmers in the area of dairy development. The objective of the
project is to generate employment, to create awareness among the poor farmers regarding
the advantages of dairy farming, train them in newest technologies and enhancing their
annual income, to encourage activities like dairy farming, where women can actively
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participate, to look into alternative finance activities for the farmers who are interested in
dairy farming, to disseminate information about Modern and well established scientific
principles, practices and skills to obtain maximum economic benefits from dairy farming, to
increase the number of milk collection centers and to cover maximum villages for collecting
the milk.
3.05 Technopak
Technopak is a project about unemployed youths who belong to below poverty line (BPL)
family who are educated at least till standard 5TH and should be of or above eighteen years
of age. They will be provided a training of four to five days at the training center at Ludhiana
and after the successful completion of the training they will get the placement in the
company.
3.06 Child Line
Childline stands for vulnerable children 24 hours of the day, 365 days of the year. A phone
number that spells hope for millions of children across India, Childline is India's first 24-hour,
free, emergency phone service for children in need of aid and assistance. Whether one is
concerned adult or a child, he or she can dial 1098, the toll free number to access the
services. We UDAAN Society are handling the project as Collaborative organization and we
will not only respond to the emergency needs of children but also link them to services for
their long-term care and rehabilitation. Childline project is associated with destitute
children, a child - friendly nation that guarantees the rights and protection of all children.
We work for the protection of the rights of all children in general. But our special focus is on
all children in need of care and protection, especially the more vulnerable sections, which
include, Street children and youth living alone on the streets, Child laborers working in the
unorganized and organized sectors, Domestic help, especially girl domestics, Children
affected by physical / sexual / emotional abuse in family, schools or institutions. Children
who need emotional support and guidance, Children of commercial sex workers, Child
victims of the flesh trade, Victims of child trafficking, Children abandoned by parents or
guardians, Missing children, Run away children, Children who are victims of substance
abuse, Disabled children, Children in conflict with the law, Children in institutions, Mentally
challenged children, HIV/ AIDS infected children, Children affected by conflict and disaster,
Child political refugees, Children whose families are in crises.
3.07 Mid Day Meal
Organization under the aegis of Department of Primary Education has launched a mid day
Meal distribution programme in three school of urban Aligarh. Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
there is provision of distribution of mid day meal for children studying in primary schools.
The organization at present is distributing the meal in two schools, one in the area of Soron
block of Kashi Ram Nagar in which 1295 children’s are being provided meals and the other
one are Patiyali and Bhargain nagar panchayat.
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