ADRA News & Blog
What’s Next in a Crisis that’s Far from Over?”
The first week of May has brought no relief to India, where surging cases of COVID-19 continue to dismantle the healthcare system. Since the start of the new month, nearly 400,000 people are getting sick with the virus every single day.
ADRA to Mount COVID-19 Response in India; to Set-up Oxygen Generation Plants
India is struggling with an unprecedented lethal second outbreak of COVID-19. With over 350,000 new cases every day and the total death toll crossing 254,000
Mobile Learning Centre’s Increase Access to Education Services
A 13-year-old Selvi, loved going to school. Unfortunately, she had to drop out after elementary school as there is no high school in her village and her parents did not have the means to send her to the nearest high school.
COVID-19 Response in West Bengal
West Darakapur village in the Patharpratima Gram Panchayat, West Bengal is a very poor village with 1120 inhabitants. Primary livelihood of the inhabitants is agriculture and fishing.
HEROs as Change Agents in the Tea Communities of Assam
Tea Garden community or tea garden labour communities, are multi-ethnic groups of Tea Garden workers in Assam. It is a term used to denote active tea garden workers and their dependents, who reside in worker quarters
ACCHE Schools – Addressing Menstrual Health and Hygiene issues in Tea Gardens of Assam
India’s north-eastern state of Assam is known globally as the land of the tea. More than half of India’s tea production takes place in the state. However, the communities working in those tea estates and industries are some of the most marginalised groups
CGPP TRAINING IS HELPING PREMLATA SAVE NEWBORN LIVES
Almeera, a nine-month-old baby girl, lives with her mother Soniya, a young mother of two and a homemaker and father Mohd. Afzal, owner of a small garment shop in Labhera Village of Block Nawabganj, Bareilly.
Cash Transfers Help Restore Livelihoods Following Dual Impact of COVID-19 & Cyclone Amphan
The government of India imposed a nationwide lockdown starting March to control the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown had a massive impact on the general population, and the hardest hit were the daily wage migrant workers hailing from villages and working in urban cities.
Better Future for Children
Kajan, with 17 years, is a spastic child from Puzhal SLR camp in Tamil Nadu, living with his parents Ms. Jothi Lakshmi and Mr. Kumar. Since he was a young child Kajan did not respond well and only when he was two years old his parents diagnosed him as a Mental Retardation- Cerebral Palsy Child.
Notification of TB Cases
Bhagalpur is known as silk city as it is famous worldwide for its silk production. The silk industry in this city is hundreds of years old and a whole clan exist that has been producing silk for generations.
Core Group Polio Project
News Excerpts from 20 November 2017 to 13 March 2018 about the Core Group Polio Project.
INH to Children Below 6 Years
The Banka district is situated in far south – east of Bihar. The eastern and southern border of the district coincides with Godda district of Jharkhand. From west and north east it touches Jamui and Munger district respectively.
HIV/ICTC Test of Positive Cases
The case presented here showcases the consistent effort of the Community Volunteer to ensure that the TB notified patients are tested at ICTCs for HIV. The case presented is from Banka district.
Banega Swasth India
News Excerpts from 26 April 2017 to 10 May 2017 on Banega Swach India.
Let’s Make a Better Place
ADRA India is working with primary school children on hygiene education where the teachers are empowered to be the agent of change for imparting the WASH knowledge and children are contributing to make their school and society a better place by improving the hygiene conditions.
Teacher’s Training on Hygiene Education
ADRA India as part of the project Dettol Banega Swachh India completed the training of teachers on hygiene in 178 government schools in 4 blocks of Varanasi, and started the training in the 22 private schools.
Now I always Use Toilets
Varsha, a student of class 5th who changed her behavior and the behavior of her family members when she came to know about the good and bad habits of the toilet in her “Swachhata Ki Pathshala”.
